The monumental, 18-ton body of the ancient winged deity will now be reunited with its head, held at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad.
A 2,700-Year-Old Sculpture of an Assyrian God—Once Buried for Safekeeping—Has Been Unearthed Again in Iraq
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/assyrian-lamassu-buried-for-safekeeping-unearthed-again-2389377
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Whisp@kbin.social · 10 pts · 2y
Salamendacious@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
I remember when that happened. It's sad to see irreplaceable history being destroyed.
_lilith@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Is it safer now? just bury the head with it that strategy was working
bazus1@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I'll just wait to see it in the British Museum.