Sculpture, Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, Ankara, Turkey

Pair of griffins, with lion's bodies and bird heads and wings, each with a raised front paw, limestone bas-relief on an orthostat, detail, Hittite, from the Processional Way at Carchemish, Gaziantep, Neo-Hittite period 900-700 BC, in the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, founded 1921 by Ataturk, in Ankara, Turkey. The Processional Way was a ceremonial road linking the Temple of the Storm God to the citadel. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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900-700 Anadolu Anatolian Ankara Carchemish Civilisations Civilizations Gaziantep Griffin Gryphon Hittite Limestone Medeniyetleri Muzesi Neo-hittite Orthostat Turkiye

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