Kneeling Bull: A half-bull, half-human silver figurine from ancient Iran

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Name: Kneeling Bull

What it is: A silver human-animal hybrid statuette

Where it is from: Ancient Elam, southwestern Iran

When it was made: 3100 to 2900 B.C.

This 5,000-year-old silver figurine depicts a bull kneeling in a human-like pose…

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