Monday, April 02, 2012

Earliest depictions of Dragons

Interesting snippet from a book. The author contends the earliest depictions of dragons are these

 


Its Tiamat and a griffon respectively. I have no reason to doubt the claim as the these being the earliest depictions. Interestingly, both are from

 

Both deoictions are form ancient Babylon. The discussion can be found, at least in part, here. I find, you decide.

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