They were originally in the Assyrian Palace of Sargon II ca. 750 BCE in Mesopotamia.
The tools needed to make a Lamassu were as simple as a chisel. The Lamassus are made by using the chisel and subtracting pieces of stone from it.
The statue is an Assyrian protective deity, often depicted with a bull or lion's body, eagle's wings, and human's head. For the time, is wasn't so unusual but comparing it with modern statues or catholic statues, it is very different because of the animal body. Modern saints have a common human body.
The Narmer or Menes head dress.
The Vulcan Statue weighs 120,000 pounds. The statue is 56 feet tall and is the tallest cast-iron statue in the world. The statue was built in 1904 and 1939 by the architect Giuseppe Moretti.
the fire the statue holds
Over 16 ft tall and weighs approx. 40 tons
Limestone/ Mosul Alabaster
The tools needed to make a Lamassu were as simple as a chisel. The Lamassus are made by using the chisel and subtracting pieces of stone from it.
Lamassu
Lamassu figures of Assyria
The statue is an Assyrian protective deity, often depicted with a bull or lion's body, eagle's wings, and human's head. For the time, is wasn't so unusual but comparing it with modern statues or catholic statues, it is very different because of the animal body. Modern saints have a common human body.
The Narmer or Menes head dress.
The lamassu were protective spirits in ancient Mesopotamian mythology, dating back to the Assyrian and Babylonian civilizations from around 3000 to 600 BCE. They were often depicted as winged human-headed bulls or lions standing at the entrances of palaces and temples to ward off evil spirits.
I believe it's a Griffin - the Greek mythological monster with the body of a lion , and the head and wings of an eagle , also sometimes spelled Gryphon
There is only one huge difference between an equestrian statue and a horse statue. An equestrian statue is a statue of a rider on the back of a horse, while a horse statue is just simply a statue of a horse.
WEll, there is the Empire State Building (but that's not really a STATUE) so a big statue in New York would definitely have to be the famous Statue Of Liberty!! lildancer99<33
The word statue is spelled Statue.