From the August 11, 1934, issue

RUINS OF SARGON’S PALACE YIELD NEW MAGNIFICENCES

Mermaids, unicorns, sphinxes, and the strange winged “genii” typical of Assyrian sculptural art have been dug up by archaeologists of the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, working under Dr. Henry Frankfort, in the ruins of Khorsabad in Mesopotamia.

Khorsabad was the capital of King Sargon of Assyria, who reigned early in the 8th century B.C.