The Lamassu is an Assyrian protective deity with a human head, body of a bull or lion, and bird wings.

Lamassu

    Under the reign of two great Assyrian kings known as Ashurnasirpal II and Sargon II they both established prominent capitals a century apart with a common inclusion of…

5 men stand arround a mummy coffin that had been looted.

Looting in the Near and Middle East

The Guardian: Photograph: Sandro Vannini/SCA Sandro Vannini/Supreme Council of Antiquities Throughout history there has always been a want and a need for what you do not have, today this same…