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Assyrian relief on the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III (ruled 859-824 BC), showing conquered peoples bringing an elephant and two monkeys for the royal zoo.

Painting showing a captive giraffe from the tomb of Rekhmire, a vizier under Pharaohs Thutmose III and Amenhotep II.

Giant doors at some unknown location.

A set of doors in Lisbon

The bronze main doors of the Basilica San Giovanni di Laterano

Gigantic doors of Saint Isaac's Cathedral. Saint Petersburg.

Huge doors in Rome

Huge doors in the Grand Mosque of Muscat in Oman

Massive door of a church in Cartagena, Colombia

A giant door in Rome.

A giant door in Mexico City

A giant door in Mexico City

A giant door at Plaza de la Catedral. Old Havana.

A giant door in Naples

The doors of the National Archives in Washington, DC

Hadrians Doors, the oldest doors in Rome, dating back to 115 AD

Giant doors in Barcelona

His real name was Anton Franck, but he called himself Anton de Franckenpoint, which sounded more noble and was reminiscent of his birthplace in the Lower Rhine region. The skeleton measures 8.0" (243.8 cm) in height. Born: c.1544-1561 In 1810 the skeleton of Anton de Franckenpoint was added...

The legendary strongman Hercules was born to the god Zeus and a mortal named Alcmena. This union so incensed Zeus’s wife Hera that she made life almost unbearable for the hero. Her ire resulted in him undertaking a series of tasks, known as the Twelve Labors of Hercules. Sebald Beham challenged...

According to Greek mythology, Pygmies once encountered Heracles, and climbing all over the sleeping hero attempted to bind him down, but when he stood up they fell off. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenère, Paris...