Lions of Mesopotamia: Why Assyrian Kings Hunted Them to Claim Divinity
The lion does not hesitate. Released from its wooden cage into the dust-choked arena at Nineveh, already wounded by the hunt underway, it charges directly at the king — and Ashurbanipal, ruler of the greatest empire on earth, raises his spear and does not move an inch.
That single...
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