Lions in the Ancient Near East: Threats, Guardians, and Kings

Lions were endemic to the Ancient Near East and were widely regarded as the quintessential threat and apex predator. It's no wonder lions appear in ancient art as prevalent and potent symbols that represented threats and danger. These associations made them ideal guardians as well as symbols of ancient Near Eastern kings. This is only part 1 of 2 as there was SO much to cover!
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If you'd like to read more here are just a few of the sources we used in this video:
Brent Strawn, What is Stronger than a Lion? Leonine Image and Metaphor in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East. Fribourg, Switzerland / Göttingen, Germany: Academic Press / Vandenhoeck Ruprecht, 2005.
Billie Jean Collins, ed. A History of the Animal World in the Ancient Near East. Leiden: Brill, 2002.
Chikako E. Watanabe, Animal Symbolism in Mesopotamia: A Contextual Approach. WOO Band 1. Institut für Orientalistik der Universität Wien, 2002.
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Can't wait for part 2!

[@reginaldodonoghue9253]

Would also point out that in Assyrian annals, the gods Ninurta and Nergal 'commanded' the king to hunt wild animals like lions. They were seen as a cosmic enemy.

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I know you've already done one on bulls, but an episode on the Aurochs would be great.

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Also wolves

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Great pyramid
Statue of Zeus
Temple of Artemis
Great lighthouse
Colossus of Rhodes
Mausoleum

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