Relief, Sphinx Gate, Alacahoyuk, Anatolia, Turkey

2-headed eagle holding rabbits, royal symbol of power and protection, bas-relief detail from the Sphinx Gate with 2 monumental sphinxes guarding the city entrance, Hittite, 14th century BC, at Alacahoyuk or Alaca Hoyuk, a Neolithic Hatti and later Hittite settlement founded c. 5, 500 BC, near Alacahuyuk village in Anatolia, Turkey. Remains have also been found from the Chalcolithic period, royal tombs from the early Bronze Age and later Phrygian, Roman and Ottoman periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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1450-1180 2-headed Alaca Alacahoyuk Alacahuyuk Anatolian Corum Double-headed Euyuk Evuk Hittite Hoyuk Sphinx Turkiye

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