Mushussu (sirrush) and aurochs relief, Babylon, Iraq, Middle East

Mushussu (sirrush) and aurochs relief, Babylon, Iraq, Middle East

Domestic cattle (Bos primigenius), Ur in a meadow, captive

aurochs (Bos primigenius taurus), portrait

Two domestic cattle (Bos primigenius), Ur in a meadow, captive

Aerial view, aurochs at the Ruhr river, Homberg, Hattingen, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Franconian aurochs cattle harnessed to pull a cart, Franconian Open-air Museum of Bad Windsheim, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Domestic cattle (Bos primigenius), Ur in a meadow, captive

Heck cattle, cow and bull on winter pasture, re-breeding of the aurochs, Droemling nature park Park, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Heck Cattle (Bos primigenius taurus), an attempt to breed back the extinct Aurochs from domestic cattle. Winter in the National Park Bavarian forest (Bayerischer Wald)(enclosure). Europe, Central Europe, Germany, Bavaria, February

Heck Cattle (Bos primigenius taurus), an attempt to breed back the extinct Aurochs from domestic cattle. Winter in the National Park Bavarian forest (Bayerischer Wald)(enclosure). Europe, Central Europe, Germany, Bavaria, February

Germany, Berlin, Pergamon Museum, The Ishtar Gate from Babylon dating from 575 BC.