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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).

Hell Gate Bridge, New York, designed by Gustav Lindenthal (1850-1935) and opened in March, 1917.

The south gate of the citadel (1200 BCE) with foundations of two houses (A & B) visible on the left.

The Balkerne Gate, a 1st-century CE Roman gateway in Camulodunum (modern-day Colchester in Great Britain). It is the largest surviving gateway in Roman Britain.

The so-called Gate of Hercules is the oldest city gate in Pula (Croatia). Architecturally modest, it stands as a single-arched stone gate with, at the top, a worn carving relief of the head of Hercules with his club. The gate was built during...

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...

One side of this heavy weight is inscribed in Aramaic with "correct according to the stater of silver". This probably refers to the use of a weight standard based on the silver coins known as staters. This object weighs just over 31 kg, which...

Colossal figure in the facade of the palace of Sargon II in Dur-Sharrukin. Drawing Flandin PL 41 by Paul-Emile Botta (1802-1870 CE), c. 1849 CE.

This is the most complete of the surviving lions from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, also known as the Tomb of Mausolus. The lions probably stood at the base of the stepped-pyramid roof, acting as both protective and royal symbols. There...