Sphinx Gate, Hattusa, Anatolia, Turkey
Sphinx Gate, outer gate, built with 4 sculpted sphinxes beside the doorways, 14th century BC, Hittite, on the rampart of Yerkapi, an embankment 250x80x15m in size, at Hattusa archaeological site, near Bogazkale, Corum, Anatolia, Turkey. Hattusa was the capital of the Hittite empire, built in the late Bronze Age from c. 1650 BC, on an older Chalcolithic settlement founded 6th millennium BC. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
50897487
Media ID
50897487
Size
8268px x 6103px
(23.8MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2026
