These colossal lamassu once guarded a gateway in the citadel wall of Sargon II’s capital, Dur Sharrukin, modern Khorsabad in Iraq. Paul Émile Botta’s excavations of 1843–1844 uncovered four monumental lamassu in total. Two were cut into transportable sections and sent to Paris, where they remain in the Louvre. The other pair was initially left at Khorsabad because of its enormous weight. In 1849, Henry Rawlinson acquired the remaining two. They were sawn into sections, transported to Britain and reassembled. Today, both are displayed in the British Museum. Later excavations uncovered additional lamassu. Two selected by Victor Place were lost when his convoy was attacked and sank near Qurnah in 1855. Another, discovered in 1929, was transported to Chicago, while further examples remained in Iraq.

Crocodile Suit of Armor from Roman Egypt radio carbon dated to the 3rd or 4th century AD.

Ayutthaya Ancient City, Thailand! Making a Comparison.

The pioneering startup Nectome has developed a method that could preserve the human brain in near perfect condition for hundreds or even thousands of years. By combining advances in neuroscience, chemical engineering, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence, the company has created a process that freezes and stabilizes the brain at the moment of death or shortly afterward while preserving even the smallest neural structures and synaptic connections without detectable damage. According to the scientists behind the project, if the brain's entire neural wiring diagram known as the connectome can be preserved with nanometer scale precision, it may one day be possible to transfer a person's mind, personality, and even memories into the distant future. In that future, technology could become advanced enough to scan, reconstruct, and revive the preserved brain within a digital environment or a newly engineered body. In simple terms, the human mind could be locked inside a time capsule and awakened a thousand years later in a new form. Although the complete restoration of consciousness from preserved brains has not yet been demonstrated, Nectome has reportedly achieved unprecedented preservation of neural structures in animal brains such as rabbits and pigs. These early results suggest that one day humanity may move beyond the limits of biological death and continue existence in an entirely new way. Despite these achievements, Nectome faces significant ethical and legal challenges. The preservation procedure is designed to be performed during the final moments of life, raising intense debate within both scientific and public circles. Even so, many see Nectome as the beginning of a new era in humanity's pursuit of immortality an immortality of the mind rather than the body. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5316087/ https://futurism.com/the-byte/nectome-brain-upload-death

It was science fiction when I was growing up, but AI and technology in general are advancing at breakneck speed. Brain implants, the Neuralink chip, Nectome, and uploading the mind to the cloud could lead to this inevitable outcome: You “back yourself up,” and when you die, your consciousness is transferred to a robot. How long until that technology becomes a reality?