It’s amazing how detailed the sculptures are given how old they are y’all. Incredible civilization!

These are surprisingly streamlined sculptures. There are elements in the Lamassu that call to mind art deco, especially the wings. They're just magnificent.

i cried when i saw the lamassu and the Ishtar gate made me so proud yet feel so sorry at the same time, if these statues where left back in Iraq, they would have been demolished by now

it seems as if the Assyrians had a 3D printers back in the day , simply amazing

smarthistory is the only reason why I got a 5 on the AP test. Thanks!

i want 2 of these outside my house..

Completely awesome! I am glad they are safe and sound in Paris.

Wow, such a great job from Khan University. This detailed description let me understand the amount of energy used to bring this up to save it from human. Appreciate your work and channel!

The very best video I have ever watched on one of the most awesome palace of an ancient city

Fantastic video. Thank you so very much for the time and effort and production. Loved it.

Impressive sculptures!!

Thanks for the explanation of the five legs of lamassu.

Excellent video!! Thank you for sharing

_ Who are you, O great? _I'm Lamassu, my dear _Are you from Paris, Lamassu? _No .. I am from Assyria, from Mesopotamia I am from great Iraq _What are you doing here alone? _You have brought me to the stranger My little girl, I miss my country, Mesopotamia Where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are Azimites Where the lavish palaces and celebrations that fill the streets and the victories the country has witnessed I am Assyria and Babylon .. I am Sumer and Akkad I'm Lamassu

I love so much Iraq 🇮🇶!!!

This is my History! I am Assyrian!!!

Thanks to the British museum, the Louvre and other museums that have restored these precious and stupendous relics, copied them and studied them and saved them from the fundamentalists and their jackhammers and heavy equipment turning them into rubble because they predate a particular time

This is a great presentation, thanks

How is this in such good shape? It looks flawless.. Very little sculpture from Classical Greece looks even close to this good and it's newer.

We can all see why it is far better to have these ancient historical objects in Western Museums as they have a far better chance of survival amongst the unstable Middle Eastern type of governments and the chaos and destruction that eventuates with each civil war .

The persians were heavily influenced by Lamassu and the Assyrian Empire :)

Proud to be Assyrian

My favourite duo of presenters......BRAVI

Very nice video...Thank you...

It was on my 3rd visit at the Louvre that I discovered the Assyrian guardians. They are huge and fierce looking.

I love how you guys do videos on art from EVERYWHERE🌍🌎🌏

That’s interesting 🧐. I’m reminded & will go back to reflect on the Angels declared to be tied up at the bank of the great river Euphrates in Revelations. Thank you. 🙏🏻

This helped a lot with studying. Keep up the good work

Amazing!

I ACTUALLY SAW THEM . THE TWINS. THEY TOOK MY BREATH AWAY FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. IT WAS AWESOME.

Very interesting description 👏👏

Just , Beautiful.

@ 1:58 .....Are there original relief carvings? where do we find the original relief carvings?

Question: Can someone tell me the name of the hairstyle depicted on the Lamassu figures? Information about its origin and cultural significance would also be of interest. Thank you.

The video shows more than two mirrored lamassu flanking an archway in the Louvre. Those face forward, whether seen from front or side. Another is shown exclusively from the side, where the face is turned to the side. So are there three or more lamassu in the Louvre? I suspect the answer is Yes, as the side-facing guardian is pictured next to a bas relief depicting a king holding a lion that is biting his arm, which I know to be in the Louvre. Odd that the video doesn’t acknowledge the side-facing lamassu.

Nearly six million Assyrian Christians dot the world. Mesopotamia is the homeland of the Assyrians. The famous royal cities of the Assyrians, Ashur, Nimrud (Kalhu), Arbela, Dur-Sharrukin and Nineveh were built in it. The Assyrians ruled for approximately 1,300 years - from about 2000 B.C. to 612/10 BC - in northern Mesopotamia an ancient landscape between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. A clear reference to the existence of the Assyrians, on the other hand, can already be found in the Old Testament (1st Book of Moses 2:14). There it says: * “… the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates..."

A Babylonian protective demon called the Lamassu. 👏👏👏👏 That's an excellent find!

Get hyped for the AP guys!!! 1 week!!

This was another memorable moment in art-history. It's interesting that we don't know if their bodies are bulls or lions. I guess if the ears and hooves are those of a bull... but I suppose it's not guaranteed. They do make quite the impression either way. I can see myself hesitating as I walked between them, knowing full well there's no harm that could come to me.

Stunning

I wonder if they would have been painted.

proud To Be Iraqi :)

Lamassu, the Assyrian Winged Bulls, My Assyrian ancestors.

Lenyűgöző !

One day I'm going to visit

imagine how they created them and how hard it took isis to destroy them with power tools.

😔😔😔

1:58 - And to we think those workers where all free man?

Commentary Duet!!

I am assyrian

يجب ان تعمل حكومه عراقية على اعاده هذا الاثار

What is the jazz piano music in the into and outro called?? It is absolutely lovely! Can Someone help me find it ?

Um, horns indicated a god...

It is Mesopotamia, the greatest civilization throughout the ages, the civilization of Iraq has not yet been revealed that it is the city of Babylon, the first city in the world

there is a duplicate copy in Chungking,China

It's pronounced aSHSHur not aSSur.

WHY THE ASSYRIAN GUARDIAN (LAMASSU) HAS FOUR CHARACTERS? ❤WHAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP THE ASSYRIANS HAD WITH GOD TO BUILD LAMASSU HERE ON EARTH.??? WHICH REPRESENTS. 1-THE HEAD OF THE KING, REPRESENTS DIVINE WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE ABOVE ALL MAN KIND. 2- THE BODY OF THE LION, REPRESENTS THE POWERS OF THE KINGDOM. 3- THE LEGES OF THE BULL, REPRESENTS THE STRENGTH OF THE ASSYRIAN KINGDOM STANDING. 4- THE WINGS OF THE EGEAL, REPRESENTS THE ASSYRIANS AREMY HOW FAST THEY WERE AT THE WAR AND CONQUER OTHERS. ❤HIS NAME IS "LAMASSU". NOT A WINGED BULL. ❤Revelation 4:6-8 four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. 7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. 8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying: “ ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,’who was, and is, and is to come. MAY THE HOLY GOD BLESS ASSYRIAN THE WORK OF HIS HOLY HANDS, AND BLESS THEIR ROOTS FOREVER AMEN. I COVER THEM WITH THE HOLY BLOOD OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AMEN.

rhe my city مدينتي

1:15 i thought that the romans invented the arch?

babylon wing,s lion,s

yeeeeeee

Sargon was never as bad as everyone says! 😏

it seems like the bull was a very highly regarded animal by many different ancient civilizations, hence why they worshipped the animal as a sort of diety or sacred offering to a god. ancient Minoans had the bull as a symbol. cows and bulls are seen as sacred animals in India for Hindus. and with the bulls for ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, same story.