Old European culture

"Two headed dragon" 🙂 golden cup, 1000 BC, Iran. This is just one of many amazing golden vessels discovered at Marlik, an elite b...

Griffin. 6th century mosaic, Great Palace Museum, Istanbul. Leopard, tiger, eagle, goat. All symbols of winter, killing a lizard, symbol of ...

This eagle dude from a frieze from Aleppo dating to 900 B.C. (left) could have been a model for artists working 30 years later on the famous...

Cylinder seal, c.3200-3000 B.C. Late Uruk-Jemdet Nasr period. Official description: In the lower field of this seal appear three reed cattle...