Griffin Statue – Eagle Lion Guardian Sculpture | 3D Print STL

Four thousand years of guarding things, and nobody has improved on the design. The griffin — eagle in front, lion behind — shows up in Elam and Egypt before 3000 BC, then in Minoan Crete, Achaemenid Persia and Greek temple decoration, and finally on half the coats of arms in medieval Europe. It was always the same job: guarding treasure or a throne. Combining the animal that rules the sky with the animal that rules the ground was the ancient world's shorthand for total authority, and it outlast…

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