Lion gate: Did you mean...?

The Poor Man of Nippur (circa 701 BCE) is a Babylonian poem on the themes of the obligations of hospitality and revenge for an undeserved injury. A poor man of the city of Nippur feels mistreated when he visits...

The gods and goddesses of Ancient Egypt were an integral part of the people's everyday lives for over 3,000 years. There were over 2,000 deities in the Egyptian pantheon, many whose names are well known - Isis, Osiris...

Dover Castle, located in the southern county of Kent, is one of the largest castles in England and one of the first to have concentric defensive walls. First built in 1066 CE by William the Conqueror to help prevent anyone repeating...

The Bisagra Gate, photograph by Juan Ángel Piqueras, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, 24 July 2026. The Bisagra Gate (Spanish: La Puerta de Bisagra), also known as the New Bisagra Gate, is a monumental entrance located...

Western view of the "All Nations Gate" at Persepolis, located in present-day Iran. This gate was not on Darius the Great's initial plan for Persepolis but was added by his son and successor, Xerxes. The initial...

Statue of Amenhotep III, declares the king's might by representing him as a lion, from Napata (Gebel Barkal, Sudan), originally from Soleb (Sudan), 18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III, 1390-1352 BCE. Pharaohs were...

The Asiatic lion in Mesopotamia symbolized the forces of chaos, which the king defeated in his role as a champion of order and civilization. Lions appear in works of art from the Early Dynastic Period through the...

It is rare when a new find creates renewed interest in an old subject. Here, the new find is a leontocephaline (lion-headed) figure of unknown provenance, weighing 5.8 kg and 37 cm in...

Detail of the Ishtar-Gate : a lion, symbol of the goddess Ishtar.

The Toledo Gate, photograph by Juan Ángel Piqueras, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, 13 July 2026. The Toledo Gate (Spanish: La Puerta de Toledo) in Ciudad Real is a significant example of military architecture...