Closeup of the carvings on the pre-Incan Gate of the Sun. CC-BY-SA Jerrye and Roy Klotz MD.
The gate was restored. This is and old photo:
Please note the formal similarities with other artifacts, and the axis.
Of course, it is worth mentioning this Flick group which expands on this morphology, called Daniel, Gilgamesh and The Master of Beasts.

Toro - Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor

Zamora - San Cipriano

Soria - Concatedral de San Pedro

Fidenza - Cattedrale di San Donnino

Abbazia di Sant'Antimo

saint germain capital daniel lions

Shrewsbury, Shropshire, St. Mary the Virgin, choir, east window, Jesse tree, prophet

Daniel en el foso de los leones. Iglesia visigótica de San Pedro de la Nave. Tierra del Pan. Zamora

752 – Capitel Daniel y los leones - Iglesia San Adrián – Villavieja de Muñó (Burgos) - Spain.

Le Blanc - Saint-Cyran

Luik, Wallonië, église St.-Jacques, altar of St. Andrew, detail

Saint-Benoît - Abbaye Saint-Benoît de Quinçay

Souillac - Sainte-Marie

Milan - Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio

Milan - Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio

Milan - Basilica di Sant'Eustorgio

Millstatt am See - Stift Millstatt

Chur - Kathedrale St. Mariae Himmelfahrt

Souvigny - Prieuré Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul

Saint-Papoul - Abbaye de Saint-Papoul