Lioness Devouring a Man, Phoenician Ivory Panel, c. 9th-8th century BCE. From the palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud, northern Mesopotamia, Iraq.
Iraqi man stands by the Ishtar Gate wall, 1910s
A young Iranian communist holding two books about Russian history in her hands, one titled "History of the Russian revolution" and the other is titled "Young Lenin".
Tehran, Iran, 1979