Masterpieces of the British Museum

The Assyrian Lion Hunt Reliefs (1x2)

Data emisji: Cze 21, 2006

Among the greatest artistic masterpieces of the ancient world, the Assyrian reliefs were found in the 19th century by an Iraqi archaeologist working for the British in competition with the French. The stone reliefs depict the great Assyrian monarch King Ashburnipal in his favoured practice of hunting lions.