Eridu excavations

Eridu lion / British officer Taylor found it in 1855 after the residents of the area showed him his place and when he was unable to move it, he buried it to be re-extracted in 1947, where the picture shows Dr. Naji Al-Aseel, director of ancient Iraqi antiquities, wearing a hat and behind him archaeologist Mr. Fouad Safar, and there is a second copy of the lion at the site, but it is broken into several pieces and must be shown in the coming days one day. Asad Erido was carved from basalt stone and dated between 3500 and 3000 BC and is now erected in the inner hall of the Iraqi Museum 

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