Griffin
c. 3000 BCE – 1600 CEattested
Central Asia, then Greece
- Greek
- Mesopotamian
Eagle in front, lion behind, and guarding gold in the mountains of Scythia. One suggestion is that Greek traders were describing protoceratops fossils in the Gobi.
Known for
- eagle and lion
- guardian of gold
- the Scythian steppe
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.