What? The Lion of Venice, an ancient bronze statue of a winged lion which can be seen by countless tourists on a massive plinth of Egyptian granite in the Piazza San Marco. Lions have wings?

It is the emblem of the Italian city. But now scientists say this ancient statue originated much further east.

A winged lion has been gazing across St. Mark's Square in Venice for hundreds of years. Researchers have now discovered that the bronze sculpture has come a long way before it became a symbol of ...

A new study has suggested that Venice, Italy’s iconic winged lion statue may have been created in China well before Marco Polo's famous travels. Researchers from the University of Padua announced in ...

But now a team of scientists in Italy have found evidence that the statue originated in China. Having come to symbolise the city of Venice, the winged lion also happens to be the traditional ...

What? The Lion of Venice, an ancient bronze statue of a winged lion which can be seen by countless tourists on a massive plinth of Egyptian granite in the Piazza San Marco. Lions have wings? They do ...