Valley of the Gods: This National Monument is located
just to the south of Cedar Mesa.
When I saw this butte I immediately thought of the human-headed winged lion of the ancient Assyrians called a lamassu from around the 9th century B.C. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
has some more information
on a lamassu sculpture that was excavated at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu),
in northern Mesopotamia.
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