Images Dated 23rd February 2010

Winged Assyrian Bull

Winged, human-headed bull, from the facade of the Palace of King Sargon II, Khorsabad, Late Assyrian Period, c.725 BC (gypsum), One of two alabaster guardian genies called lamassu that assured the foundations of the world and those of the palace of Sargon of Assyria, at Khorsabad. Date: circa 725 BC

© Mary Evans/AISA Media

BAKUNIN, Mikhail Aleksandrovich (1814-1876)

BAKUNIN, Mikhail Aleksandrovich (1814-1876). Russian revolutionary, founder of the international anarchism. Portrait of Bakunin, Russian

© Mary Evans/AISA Media

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Old Woman in the Wood

The tree turns back into the King's son, to the surprise and pleasure of the girl. (A dramatic instance of magical shape-changing or metamorphosis)

© Mary Evans Picture Library/ARTHUR RACKHAM

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