The Sphinx Gate on top of the Yerkapı rampart at the southern edge of the Upper City of Hattusa, photograph by Alena Belova, Boğazkale, Türkiye, 16 November 2022.
Sphinx sculptures flank this passage at Hattusa, capital of the Hittite Empire, which stood at the highest point of the city walls (c. 14th-13th century BCE).
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