Syria, Ain Dara. Iron Age. Syro-Hittite temple, c. 1300 BC-740 BC. Basaltic stone plinth with Sphinx. Photo taken before the Syrian Civil War. The temple was significantly damaged by Turkish AIr Forces in 2018.

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