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The Lion Gate at Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite Empire. The gate, dated to the 13th century BCE, was flanked by two towers. The head of the lion on the left had already been broken away in antiquity. It has been reconstructed in 2011. The lions were put at the entrance of the city to ward off evil.
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Original image by Carole Raddato. Uploaded by Carole Raddato, published on 11 April 2016 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
Raddato, C. (2016, April 11). Lion Gate at Hattusa. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/4892/
Raddato, Carole. "Lion Gate at Hattusa." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified April 11, 2016. https://www.ancient.eu/image/4892/.
Raddato, Carole. "Lion Gate at Hattusa." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 11 Apr 2016. Web. 25 Feb 2021.
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