Archaeologists in northern Iraq have unearthed the largest lamassu ever found, a massive winged bull with a human head that once guarded King Esarhaddon’s throne room in ancient Nineveh. The sculpture was around six meters (20 feet) high, much bigger than the celebrated examples at the British Museum and the Louvre, which are between 3.5 […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky. Penguin pb, 2025; first published 2024; 483 pp. I’m wary of novels with multiple story strands involving disparate characters and set in different periods. Turkish-British author Elif Shafak just about pulls off … Continue reading → The post Rivers in the Sky appeared first on Tredynas Days.| Tredynas Days