Ancient civilizations often linked powerful animals like lions to cosmic events, aligning their appearances with eclipses, solstices, or even comets. From Mesopotamia to Egypt, the lion was seen ...

The ancient artist who designed the lion hunt reliefs has taken great ... Were it not for a sustained stretch of soggy weather in Mesopotamia in the middle of the 7th Century BC, these captivating ...

Their world was Mesopotamia, but Assyria’s holdings extended ... colossal bulls and winged lions with human heads. But Ashurbanipal dispensed with these impressive creatures, turning instead ...

The Iraqi national team, against all odds, started winning. (SOUNDBITE OF DOCUMENTARY, "THE LIONS OF MESOPOTAMIA") UNIDENTIFIED SPORTSCASTER #1: And it just floated into the zone. FADEL ...