Sphinx Gate, Alacahoyuk, Anatolia, Turkey
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, aerial view, 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
Picture No
50897372
Media ID
50897372
Size
5906px x 4429px
(13.1MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2026
