A look at sculptures and images of lions as depicted by different cultures and times

1. National Lions

2. 605-562 B.C.
Ancient: Babylon

3. Ancient: Assyria
“The Dying Lioness” (640 B.C.)

4. Ancient Greek Lions (4th Century B.C.)

5. Asia: China
Temple Guardian 17th Century (?)

6. Asia: Japanese Lion (old and new)

7. “Shisa” 14th Century
Asia: Okinawa

8. Europe: Flanders
(Rubens, “Daniel in the Lions’s Den”), 1614-1616

9. Europe: Paris
Hôtel de Ville, 19th Century

10. Vienna: Kunscthistorisches Museum
(with Kaiser Franz Joseph), 19th Century

11. America:Las Vegas
MGM Grand, 20th Century

12. America: Walt Disney
(Kimba and Simba), 20th century

13. America: World of Warcraft Alliance Coat of Arms
Blizzard Entertainment, 21st Century