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Ground set apart for a god or a spirit — walled, or simply marked and understood.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Sacred Angkor Platform Central — Angkor (60-18) at Angkor, Cambodia is a Medieval (regional) temple complex of the Medieval tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for platform and associated settlement.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Inner Delphi Ridge Central — Delphi (60-21) at Delphi, Greece is a Chalcolithic (regional) temple complex of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Classical (regional) · Classical
Outer Angkor Enclosure B — Angkor (60-11) at Angkor, Cambodia is a Classical (regional) temple complex of the Classical tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for enclosure and associated settlement.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Northern Meroe Sanctuary West — Meroe (53-36) at Meroe, Sudan is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 800 CE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Temple complex
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Sanctuary of Mains Baraka Burial in North Central Province, Sri Lanka is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) temple complex attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Great Eridu Citadel B — Eridu (53-40) at Eridu, Iraq is a Medieval (regional) temple complex of the Medieval tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hellenistic (350–150 BCE) with Roman annex · Milesian-Ionian Prieneans under Alexander patron
Council sanctuary with 640-seat Bouleuterion and Augustus calendar stoa 40 m from Athena temple.
🇪🇸 Spain · Temple complex
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Wick Temple Complex in Andalusia, Spain is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) temple complex attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Temple complex
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Sanctuary of Coire in Negev, Israel is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) temple complex attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Barrow Tall Temple Complex in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Moche (100–800 CE) temple complex attributed to Moche culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Temple complex
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Temple of Qasr Ditch in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hellenistic to Roman (200 BCE – 250 CE) · Seleucid foundation to Rhodian to Roman Karian
Largest Hekate temple 8×11 with Gigantomachy frieze linked via 9 km Sacred Way to city.
🇱🇾 Libya · Temple complex
Greek (630 BCE Cyrene Battus I → Apollo Temple 550 BCE; fountain Hellenistic 300 BCE) · Greek Cyrene (Theraean Greek colony 630 BCE Battus I oracle)
Cyrene sanctuary Smith & Goodchild, 630 Theran Battus delphi oracle.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Hillfort Spring Shahr Temple Complex in Thessaly, Greece is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) temple complex attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hekatomnid to Roman (351 BCE – 300 CE) · Hekatomnid Karian to Roman Mylasa
Mountain Zeus sanctuary 680 m with Maussollian androns on sacred way from Milas.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Chaitya Arch Facade South in Tamil Nadu, India is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇦🇺 Australia · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Deul Rekha Tower North in Kimberley, Australia is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Medieval culture.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Temple complex
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Fasil Ghebbi Castle Outlier in Limpopo, South Africa is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Temple complex
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Cerro Sechín Relief Wall in Amazonas, Brazil is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Vihara Cell Group West in Tamil Nadu, India is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) temple complex attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Monolithic Stela Circle South in Cusco, Peru is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Temple complex
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Khami Ruins Outlier in Nok Valley, Nigeria is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Medieval culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hellenistic to Roman (300 BCE – 300 CE) · Ionian Teian with Hellenistic king patronage
Upper terrace of Technitai Dionysus sanctuary above theatre and harbour.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Lydian Archaic to Roman (550 BCE – 400 CE) · Lydian to Hellenistic to Roman Sardian
100 m Lydian–Hellenistic Artemis temple on Pactolus gold terrace.
