MessageToEagle.com – This is a spectacular giant ancient griffin guarding the ancient city of Persepolis, Persia.
Griffins were legendary ancient creatures known for guarding treasure and priceless possessions.
They were also regarded as a symbol of divine power and a guardian of the divine. Ancient people considered the griffin to be the king of all creatures.
They had the body, tail, and back legs of a lion, the head and wings of an eagle and an eagle’s talons as its front feet.
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We encounter them in the art and lore of Ancient Greece, but there are also representations of griffins in ancient Persian and ancient Egyptian art.
Griffins were often used as statues in Persian palaces.
These early statues usually showed the griffins with horizontal wings lying along the back of the body.
Griffins were also depicted as pulling chariots of the gods of Mesopotamia and the Pharaohs of Egypt.
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