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.

9TH CENTURY • 9TH • AIN DARA TEMPLE • AIN DARA • AIN-DARA • ALEP • ALEPO • ALEPPO • ANCIENT AGE • ANCIENT WORLD • ANCIENT • ANIMAL • ANIMALS • ANT. OR.: HITTITE • ANTIGUEDAD • ANTIQUE • ANTIQUITIES • ANTIQUITY • ARAMAEANS • ARAMEAN • ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG • ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE • ARCHAEOLOGY • ARCHAEOLOGY: EXCAVATION • ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE • ARCHEOLOGY • BAS-RELIEF • BASALT • BASALTIC • BASEBOARD • CARVED • CEREMONIAL CENTER • CLAW • CLAWS • CULT • DARA DAIN • DESTROYED • DETAIL • EMBOSSED • EXCAVATION (ARCHAEOLOGY) • EXCAVATION, ARCHAEOLOGY • EXCAVATIONS • EXTERIOR • EXTERNAL • FANTASTIC ANIMAL • GUARDIAN • HALAB • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHY • HISTORY • HISTORY. • HITTITE • HITTITES • IRON AGE • ISHTAR • MEDITERRANEAN CIVILIZATION • MIDDLE EAST • MYTHOLOGICAL • MYTHOLOGY • NEO-HITTITE STATES • NEO-HITTITE • NEOHITITAS • NO ONE • NO PEOPLE • NO-ONE • NOBODY • NORTHERN GROUP • NORTHERN SYRIA • OLD • ORTHOSTAT • OUTER • PLINTH • PROTECTIVE • PROTECTOR • RELIEF • RELIEFS • RELIEVE • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS CENTER • REMAINS • RITE • RITUAL • ROCK • ROCKS • ROCKY • SACRED PLACE • SANCTUARY • SCULPTED • SCULPTING • SCULPTURE • SCULPTURE. • SCULPTURES • SHRINE • SKIRTING BOARD • SPHINX • STELA • STELE • STELE, ALL • STONE • STONES • SYRIA • SYRIAC • SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC • SYRO-HITTITE KINGDOMS • SYRO-HITTITE STATES • SYRO-HITTITE • TEMPERA • TEMPLE • TEMPLES • WATER • WITHOUT PEOPLE • ZOCALO