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Statue of scorpion bird-man (early 9th century BC), Tell Halaf Citadel, Western Palace ‘Scorpion Gate’. Image: bpk, Berlin/Vorderasiatisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin/ Art Resource, NY (Photograph by Steffen Spitzner)

22 September 2014

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