An ancient bronze statue of a winged lion is the symbol of Venice ... in the ancient city of Babylon in modern-day Iraq. For Simpson, though, the golden age of lion imagery in the ancient world ...

Today, a basketball hoop remains in Babylon, while concertina wire left behind by the military is used to prevent visitors from climbing over a 2,500-year-old lion statue – an ancient symbol of ...

Funded by the local governorate, a copy of the famous Lion of Babylon and the Assyrian Lamassu ... all with the aim of “collecting the symbols of civilization in our precious Basra”.

Inspired by legends about the fierce Assyrian queen, 17th-century painter Louis de Caullery depicts Semiramis hunting a lion, a symbol of royalty, in front of the gates of Babylon. The painting is ...