Mesamerican Wheeled Deer (made by Remojadas Culture 250-900 AD), Vera Cruz, Mexico. Even though the wheel was not used in Mesoamerica for practical purposes, small ceramic figures with wheels have been recovered from many sites. This figure also acts as a whistle and was probably a toy. MET Museum #archaeohistories

Around 4000 years ago, a dog left its pawprints in this Sumerian brick : Sumerian Clay Brick with a Dog's paw prints (2112-2000 BC), from ziggurat at Ur; Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq). According to scholars, around 2100 BC, a dog walked across this brick as it lay drying in teh sun when it was being made. Brick is stamped with an cuneiform inscription which tells that "Ur-Nammu, king of Ur, has built his temple for Nanna, his Lord. Also built city wall of Ur for him." British Museum

Royal Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal (r. 669-631 BC), shown on a famous group of Assyrian palace reliefs from North Palace of Nineveh that are now displayed in room 10a of British Museum. They are widely regarded as "supreme masterpieces of Assyrian Art". 📷 : Assyrian Wall Relief, showing a lion pierced with four arrows while blood is gushing from its mouth. #archaeohistories

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