Byzantine rising throne

[Imperial Dave]

https://greekreporter.com/2025/03/06/byzantine-emperor-automation-rising-throne/

Next floor please....

[Justin Swanton]

I said thirteen feet up, not thirty! Eyaargh!

[Erpingham]

The perils of AI (again). The lions are far too steampunk and it is unclear how the elevating throne works - is it winched onto the platform by those chains? I'd suggest it was more likely to be a hydraulic mechanism - hiddden and mysterious.