A figure of a hero taming a lion, historically taken to be a representation of Gilgamesh, king of the ancient Sumerian city Uruk, and considered a demigod in the mythology of Mesopotamia. Image derived from an 8th century BC relief from Assyria, present-d
A figure of a hero taming a lion, historically taken to be a representation of Gilgamesh, king of the ancient Sumerian city Uruk, and considered a demigod in the mythology of Mesopotamia. Image derived from an 8th century BC relief from Assyria, present-day Iraq.
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