This week, an American artist's recreation of an ancient Iraqi statue destroyed by ISIS was unveiled by London's mayor. The winged bull from artist Michael Rakowitz tells a story of the past and ...

The remains of one of Mosul Museum's Iamassu, a winged bull statue more than 2,500 years old. ... In other words, many of the statues smashed by sledgehammer-wielding ISIS fanatics were fakes.

An excavated 40-ton statue of a human-headed winged bull, or lamassu, which guarded the palace of King Sargon II. Similar statues have been attacked in Iraq by ISIS.

What? The Lion of Venice, an ancient bronze statue of a winged lion which can be seen by countless tourists on a massive plinth of Egyptian granite in the Piazza San Marco. Lions have wings? They ...

Veteran Diggers Stumble Upon Remarkable Roman Depiction of Winged Goddess of Victory Statue During Excavation. Traces of the Roman Empire in England continue to pop up even after centuries.

As the world watched mournfully Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants destroying statues dating back to the 7th century BC in Iraq’s ...

A man uses a sledgehammer to break an ancient statue. ISIS Media Organization Screenshot . However, one of the statues destroyed, a stone bull with wings, is an original, believed to have been ...

2,700 year-old-city in northeastern Iraq, known for its colossal statues of winged bulls with human heads. Known damage: Iraqi antiquities director Qais Rasheed told Reuters: "The city walls were ...

Italy has donated a reconstructed Assyrian statue to Iraq in a gesture former culture minister Francesco Rutelli described as a “miracle” of Italian cultural diplomacy. Constructed in the ...

Italy donates 3D-printed replica of statue destroyed by ISIS to Iraq. James Imam, CNN. Tue, February 13, 2024 at 10:00 AM UTC. ... (lion and winged-bull statues with bearded human heads). ...