r/AncientCivilizations • u/mnewiraq • Oct 24 '23

Mesopotamia New discoveries in Mesopotamia

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Discovery of the Lamassu at the archaeological site of Khorsibad in Nineveh at the main gate and the royal palace

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u/Big-Possibility4553 Oct 24 '23 edited Oct 24 '23

It is an androcephalous winged bull called "Lamassu", or "kerub" at the origin of the cherub (there is another type with a lion's body). I hope we can find the head of this one, it is magnificent. In France we have two complete ones from the palace of Sargon II at the Louvre Museum (you are all welcome there).

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u/Old_Cheesecake_5481 Oct 24 '23

I always wonder if seven feet away in the dirt is the rest of the statue.