Grifon Simurg Garuda Sphinx

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a drawing of a bird with wings and claws on it's back, flying in the air

Alors que les griffons sont plus courants dans l'art et les traditions de la Grèce antique, il a des preuves de représentations de griffons dans l' ancienne Perse et ancien art égyptien avant 3000 av. Griffin représentations apparaissent dans le Levant , la Syrie et l' Anatolie au Moyen Age du Bronze, datée à environ 1950-1550 av. Les premières représentations de griffons dans l' art grec antique15ème siècle avant JC.

an ancient painting with horses and other animals on the side of a building, possibly in egypt

Detail of frieze with animals. Rome, Torlonia Museum (Roma, Museo Torlonia)

Detail of frieze with animals. 2nd—1st centuries B.C. From Vulci, François Tomb. Rome, Torlonia Museum.

an ancient statue is displayed on the wall

Armenia/Հայաստան-One photo per post

Urartu -Ivory carving, AM, Mus.of Anatolian Civ., Ankara, TR

an ancient sculpture depicting a winged dog with two lions on it's back end

Lebanon Arms

Sphinx, the one on the left the same but reversed 9th-8th century BC; Ivory; Height: 6.9 cm, width: 7.75 cm; Phoenician style Found at Fort Shalmaneser, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Iraq; excavation ID - ME 134322.

an ornate golden chair with two large birds on it's back and arms, in front of a gray background

Fishstick Monkey

Aigrette: Griffin Tearing with Claws an Ibex Date: 5th - 4th century BC Place of finding: Siberian collection of Peter I Archaeological site: Russia, Siberia Material: gold and turquoise Technique: chased in relief, soldered Dimension: h. 15,4 cm State Hermitage Museum

an ornately decorated vase with horses and birds on the bottom, surrounded by other decorative items

Arimaspus & griffin (Neck of krater)

Arimaspus & griffin (Neck of krater) Arimaspus & griffin (Neck of krater) Berlin, Museumsinsel, Altes Museum, Antikensammlung 1984_42

an ancient statue is displayed in a museum

Original Sphinx from Delphi

Sphinx from Delphi

a statue of an animal with its mouth open in front of a white background,

female griffin with cub

female griffin with cub Olympia Archeological Museum

an ancient egyptian relief with a bird on it's head and two hands in his other hand

Assyrian Relief Panel at New York Metropolitan Museum of Art

Assyrian Relief Panel at New York Metropolitan Museum of Art flickr.com

Etruscan sculpture Getty Museum

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Berlin Pergamon Museum - Toprakkale near Van, Turkey

an ancient statue of a dog with a hat on its head and tail, standing in front of a beige wall

Griffin from Ancient Near East

Urartu Civilization. Bronze Sphinx from Tushpa or Toprakkale - 7th Century B.C.

a bronze statue of an egyptian god with outstretched wings

Assur Bronze, 10th-6th BCE The demon-god Pazuzu, an Akkadian-Sumerian evil spirit. An inscription says: "I am Pazuzu, king of evil spirits and of the winds which come raging down from the mountains..." This figurine, hung around the neck of a sick person, was supposed to drive sickness away.