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sarongsong
08-December-2007, 07:08 AM
December 5, 2007
A tiny [3-1/4 inches] and extremely rare 5,000-year-old white limestone sculpture from ancient Mesopotamia sold for 57.2 million dollars..."brilliant combination of an animal form and human pose"...depicts a standing lioness looking over her left shoulder, her paws clenched in front of her muscular chest...
Breitbart (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=071206013634.bw5k5w8q&show_article=1)"Author! Author!" :)

Lianachan
08-December-2007, 09:42 AM
I should stop studying the big stuff, and start looking for the small stuff!

KaiYeves
08-December-2007, 06:23 PM
Nice statue.