MYTHOLOGY: PEGASUS.
The death of lions and horses.
The Royal lion hunt.
BABYLONIA: GILGAMESH.
BABYLONIAN LION
A terracotta tablet excavated at Babylon.
Contest with daggers.
BELLEROPHON AND PEGASUS.
BABYLON: BRICKS.
Hunting gazelle.
Relief of winged bull for Sennacherib 704 - 681 B.C.
Winged bull for Sennacherib 704 - 681 B.C.
A winged bull for Sennacherib's palace 704 - 681 B.C.
BABYLON: ENAMEL BRICK BULL.
Servants carrying dead lion.
Wall frieze depicting servants carrying dead lion. Assyrian, about 645-635 BC From Nineveh. Iraq.
BABYLON: PALACE WALL.
MYTHOLOGY: MARDUK.
The constellation of Pegasus.
FILM: INTOLERANCE, 1916.
Return from the lion hunt Nineveh, Iraq.
The royal lion hunt Assyrian.
Lion hunt on horseback.
HOMER: THE ILIAD.
BABYLON: ISHTAR GATE 600 B.C.
BABYLON: LION.
JAPAN: MYTHOLOGICAL HORSE.
Startled horse sculpture, Delphi.
Horses from Siphnian Treasury, Delphi.
TROJAN HORSE.
ASSYRIA: ASHURBANIPAL
Ashurbanipal rescues foreign princes from a lion.
Assyrian bas relief panel, in limestone from a frieze showing the King's lion hunt
Susa; Winged Griffin.
Royal lion hunt.
Nimrud : Details from Obelisk of Shalmaneser III.
BABYLONIA: CLAY TABLET.
The Minotaur Myth.
ASSYRIAN UNICORN.
SUMERIAN SEAL.
Philip IV on Horseback
A centaur.
The Wooden Horse, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume I, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1894
THE TROJAN HORSE, 19th CENT.
THE TROJAN HORSE.
VIRGIL: THE AENEID.
MYTHOLOGY: THE MINOTAUR.
SUMERIAN STATUETTE.
Vector illustration
AKKADIAN CYLINDER SEAL.
MYTHOLOGY: INDRA.
BABYLON: ISHTAR GATE.
APOCALYPSE, c950.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon, 1679 artwork
BABYLON: BASALT LION.
SUMER: CYLINDER SEAL.
Engraving depicting Sir Austen Henry Layard's excavators lowering one of the Great Winged Bulls found in Nineveh
The Great Sphinx of Giza.
EGYPT: PHOENIX.
BABYLONIA: DEMON HEAD.
Hercules And Antaeus
PERUVIAN ROPE BRIDGE
Mythical horse and unicorn, 15th century
IRAQ: BEDOUIN HOME, c1932.
MYTHOLOGY: PERSEUS.
A dog-headed man.
The Assyrian winged god Nesroch.
CHINESE SYMBOL: LUCK.
AMAZON.
IRAQ: LYRE.
IRAQ: LYRE W/ BULL'S HEAD.
IRAQ: LYRE
SUMERIAN ART, c2500 B.C.
IRAQ: LYRE, c2500 B.C.
Battle scene 865-860 B.C.
Assyrian encampment, 865 - 850 B.C.
Mesopotamia: Palace of Mari. Part of a sacrificial scene, restored by Paul Francois, architect to the expedition of M Andre Parrot, from thousands of tiny fragments.
BABYLONIAN CLAY TABLET
BABYLONIA: CUNEIFORM EPIC.
CREATION: MARDUK & TIAMAT.
An Assyrian cavalry.
The state entry of Cyrus into Babylon, circa 540 BC
Iraq. Babylon, view of the crumbling ruins.
ASSYRIA: HORSE BLINDER.
Assyrian human bearded winged lion.
16th Century French engraving
EGYPT: CARVED HORSE.
Apulian crater with handles and red figures
Map of the excavations in Babylonia and Assyria
Plan of Nineveh
15th Century German woodcut print
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS.
BABYLONIAN SPHINX.
TURKEY: TWIN GODDESS.
Lambert & Butler. Pirates & Highwaymen. cigarette card showing: Richard 'Dick' Turpin (bapt. 1705 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft.
HINDU PROCESSION.
ASSYRIAN QUEEN, 645 B.C.
Stone plaque depicting the construction of the monuments of Nineveh
Fragment of a carved relief depicting a spearman from Nineveh, Iraq
The Great Sphinx of Giza
INDIAN MUGHAL PAINTING.
The Nineveh Gallery, at Montagu House, Bloomsbury.
ASSYRIAN GRIFFIN.
Woodcut depicting a royal sport during the days of Nineveh's Power
Illustration recreating Nineveh at the height of its' power
The Offering to Venus, Woodcut Engraving from the Original 1763 Painting by Joseph-Marie Vien, The Masterpieces of French Art by Louis Viardot, Published by Gravure Goupil et Cie, Paris, 1882, Gebbie & Co., Philadelphia, 1883
EGYPTIAN TOMB PAINTING.
HYGEIA.
Constancy of the Jews in captivity
Daniel, one of four great Hebrew prophets, l cast into the Lions' den by Nebuchadnezzar (Nebuchadrezzar)
ASSYRIA: HUNTING SCENE.
PALEOLITHIC TOOL.
PREHISTORY: FRENCH CARVING.
PALEOLITHIC SPEAR.
MYTHOLOGY: MEDUSA.
Recent Discoveries At Nineveh: The Only Discovered Slab Showing A Figure Of The Queen.
Recent Discoveries At Nineveh: Nineveh Trench
Centaur marble statue in Dresden Zwinger, Germany.
SUMERIAN GOAT.
Bas relief from Nimrud: Bearers of tribute in the form of apes from distant lands, as an offering to the Assyrian ruler.
Susa: The Palace of Artaxerxes II. Frieze depicting the royal Archaemenian archers.
Image of Nebo (Nabu), Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume I, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1894
BABYLON: HANGING GARDENS.
HAMMURABI (d. 1750 B.C.).
Ancient Babylonian carvings
ASSYRIAN PALACE.
Samson Slaying a Philistine, statue
A Llama sacrifice.
ASSYRIAN BULL.
St George killing the dragon, illustration
Hindu cosmological myth
Recent Discoveries At Nineveh: Colossal Statue
England, East Sussex, Eastbourne, Eastbourne College Chapel, Stained Glass Window depicting St.George
Aegeus Waiting
Tower of Babel, 17th-century artwork
CHINESE MYTHOLOGY: NUWA.
MYTHOLOGY: PAN.
The Family of Philip IV (Las Meninas)
Grant of Privileges to Ritti-Marduk by Nebuchadrezzar I
Assyrian rock sculpture
Assyrian statue of Gilgamesh
Statue of Nebo, God of wisdom and literacy
Hall in Assyrian Palace, illustration
Assur-nazir-pal attended by a winged mythological being
Eagle-headed mythological being
Royal hunt
Ruins of Babylon
A Babylonian cuneiform.
Possible reconstruction of a Chaldean temple according to Charles Chipiez 1835-1901
KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR II.
TIAMAT.
Painting depicting the city of Babylon
The constellation of Ursa Major.
The Slaughter of the Mammoth by Viktor Vasnetsov
ASSYRIA: STONE CARVING.
The Horse In The Heat Of Battle. Egypt, Engraving 1879
CYRUS II (600-529 B.C.).
DON QUIXOTE.