BARBARY LION
Panthera leo leo
North Africa (1922)

At the gate was god Lions Cut in a single massive stone and raised above the desert sand. ln the time of empires, the lion's eye was a brilliant jewel, a prize for a victorious emperor. His voice was a stone rolling over the roof of the world.

Even the great parapet of his head is broken now, the foundation of the temple is cracked and wasted. Upon the wall the carved images are all but gone; vanished men pursue vanished beasts in that ancient dream of a green and fruitful land.........