Neo-Assyrian winged bull could be largest ever found

Neo-Assyrian winged bull could be largest ever found

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of what could be the largest known Neo-Assyrian lamassu – a protective deity depicting a winged bull with a human head. The discovery was made in the ruins of the Assyrian capital of Nineveh in the modern-day city of Mosul, northern Iraq. Within the city walls, the two principal mound ruins are Tell Kuyunjiq and Tell Nabī Yūnus, the latter long revered as the site of a shrine to the prophet Jonah. It was…

Colossal Assyrian winged bull unearthed in Mosul is the largest lamassu ever found

Archaeologists in northern Iraq have unearthed the largest lamassu ever found, a massive winged bull with a human head that once guarded King Esarhaddon’s throne room in ancient Nineveh. The sculpture was around six meters (20 feet) high, much bigger than the celebrated examples at the British Museum and the Louvre, which are between 3.5 […]