A controversial plan to construct a giant bull statue in Spain has been called “absurd” by critics. The Spanish Academy of ...

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 ...

The statues depicted the head of a human with a beard on the body of a bull or lion with wings. The monuments were carved by artisans from stone and could weigh 40 tons or more, experts said.

The statues depicted the head of a human with a beard on the body of a bull or lion with wings. The monuments were carved by artisans from stone and could weigh 40 tons or more, experts said.

Assyrian sculpture commonly featured pairs of lamassu positioned at palace entrances, facing both the street and internal courtyards. These imposing figures were depicted in high relief, showcasing a ...

"The Bull of Nimrud," a full-sized reconstruction of the bull figure from the ancient Assyrian city Nimrud, on display in the "Reborn from Destruction" exhibition at the Colosseum in October 2016.

The statues depicted the head of a human with a beard on the body of a bull or lion with wings. The monuments were carved by artisans from stone and could weigh 40 tons or more, experts said.

The statues depicted the head of a human with a beard on the body of a bull or lion with wings. The monuments were carved by artisans from stone and could weigh 40 tons or more, experts said.

The statues depicted the head of a human with a beard on the body of a bull or lion with wings. The monuments were carved by artisans from stone and could weigh 40 tons or more, experts said.

(CNN) — 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 ...

Constructed in the ninth century BC, the 5-meter-tall (16-foot) “Bull of Nimrud” was destroyed by ISIS fighters in 2015, before Italian artisans made a copy of the monument using 3D-printing ...