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  2. The Roaring Lion - Wikipedia

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    The Roaring Lion is a black and white photographic portrait of a 67-year-old Winston Churchill as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The portrait was taken in 1941 by Yousuf Karsh in the Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

  3. Cultural depictions of lions - Wikipedia

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    The word aslan is Turkish for lion. The lion is also the symbol for Gryffindor house, the house of bravery, in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back is a 1963 children's book written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein. Lions also tend to appear in several children's stories, being depicted as "the king of the ...

  4. Tomb of the Roaring Lions - Wikipedia

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    The Tomb of the Roaring Lions is an archaeological site at the ancient city of Veii, Italy. It is best known for its well-preserved fresco paintings of four feline-like creatures, believed by archaeologists to depict lions. The tomb is believed to be one of the oldest painted tombs in the western Mediterranean, dating back to 690 BCE .

  5. 'Roaring Lion' Churchill portrait retrieved from Italy after ...

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    The so-called "Roaring Lion" photograph was shot by Yousuf Karsh in 1941 just after Britain's World War Two leader had given a speech to the Canadian parliament. With his hand on his hip ...

  6. Avraham Melnikov - Wikipedia

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    Roaring Lion, Kfar Giladi Cemetery Avraham Melnikov (June 16, 1892 – August 27, 1960) was a sculptor especially notable during the period of the Yishuv . His most famous work is the monument "The Roaring Lion" at the Kfar Giladi Cemetery in Tel Hai .

  7. Lion (heraldry) - Wikipedia

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    Lion Leopardé ... is a French term for what the English call a Lion passant gardant. The word leopard is always made use of by the French heralds to express in their language, a lion full-faced, or gardant. Thus, when a lion is placed on an escutcheon in that attitude which we call rampant gardant, the French blazon it a Lion Leopardé.

  8. “Mufasa”: “The Lion King” Review: The Disney Prequel Is a ...

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    That goes for the film as a whole. Directed by Oscar-winner Barry Jenkins (), this animal epic is carried along by animation much richer and more varied than that in the Lion King reboot from 2019 ...

  9. Lion - Wikipedia

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    Roaring and striding lion from the Throne Room of Nebuchadnezzar II, 6th century BC, from Babylon, Iraq. The lion was a prominent symbol in ancient Mesopotamia from Sumer up to Assyrian and Babylonian times, where it was strongly associated with kingship. [257] The big cat was a symbol and steed of fertility goddess Inanna. [250]