The lion, protecting the entrance to Ain Dara's by hieronyma

Ain Dara - Syria, ‘alab A Hittite temple, 10th/9th century, dedicated to the goddess Ishtar, destroyed by the Assyrians in the 8th century, but rebuilt, finally built over.

Uploaded: Dec, 28 2006 | Taken: Jun, 27 2005| Viewed: 167 times  | 11 votes

eirekay - Dec, 28 2006 09:12pm Great Lion - Is he standing alone? davidx - Dec, 29 2006 10:12am What we missed when you weren't doing photos. downundergal - Dec, 30 2006 05:12am I'd really like to know how large the lion is as there is no sense of it in the photo, just that it looks huge! rmoss - Mar, 05 2008 05:03pm It looks like a Trojan Lion!