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Ivory head of a lion, part of the so-called "Nimrud Ivories" that decorated chariots, high-status furniture, and horse trappings. They were covered with thin gold leaf or ornamented with semiprecious stones. From Nimrud (ancient Kalhu) northern...

An artist's depiction of Ishtar Gate as it may have appeared around the time it was constructed in Babylon c. 575 BCE. From the game Old World.

Detail of glazed tiles depicting a lion, from the gates of ancient Babylon (modern-day Iraq). The lion is the symbol of Babylon, and represents Ishtar, the goddess of fertility, love and war. Meant not only to symbolise Babylon, but to...

A lion-shaped statue made of dolerite, standing at 1.9 meters high, 2.9–3.05 meters long, and 0.85–0.9 meters wide. The lion come from Sam'al, modern Zincirli, dates between the 10th and 8th centuries BCE, and was located with another lion...

A June 1945 photograph of the ruined Brandenburg Gate in Berlin after the battle for th at city at the close of the German-Soviet War, the Eastern Front of the Second World War (1939-45). (German Federal Archives)

A model of the Ishtar Gate built in c. 575 BCE by Nebuchadnezzar II in Babylon, displayed at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.

Aurochs from Ishtar Gate at Babylon, constructed in about 575 BCE by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II. On display in Istanbul Archaeology Museum in Istanbul, Turkey.

The North Gate of Housesteads Fort on Hadrian's Wall. Passport control, immigration control and customs check all in one place. The wall was a checkpoint for taxing cross-border trade as well as a defence.

Detail photo of the Lions Gate in Mycenae, Argolis, Greece.

This gate, located at the end of Curetes Street in Ephesus (Turkey), was dedicated to Hadrian in honour of the Emperor's visit to the city (in 124 or 129 CE).