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14-JUN-2014 Jola Dziubinska

Apadana - The Lion's Head

Persepolis, Iran

Detail of the stone relief showing the struggle between a bull and a lion. This is a very ancient Iranian motif, known from the fourth millennium BC.

Also, a symbol of Zoroastrian Nowruz - in day of a spring equinox power of eternally fighting bull (personifying the Moon and Earth), and a lion (personifying the Sun and Spring), are equal.

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