🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
Thwaite Temple Complex
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Thwaite Temple Complex in River Nile State, Sudan is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) temple complex attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Yeha — Great Temple Ancillary Altar (Tigray)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Yeha — Great Temple Ancillary Altar (Tigray) in Tigray, Yeha, Ethiopia is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Multi-pe…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Hatshepsut — Mortuary Temple North Colonnade (Deir el-Bahari)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Hatshepsut — Mortuary Temple North Colonnade (Deir el-Bahari) in Luxor, Deir el-Bahari, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex att…
🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut
Dazu Beishan Rock Carvings — Chongqing Northern Mountain Gallery
Late Tang to Southern Song (892 – 1178 CE) · Chinese Buddhist with Song gentry patron
Beishan 264 caves with 10k slender Song statues 892–1178 at Dazu north hill.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Delos — Apollo Temple North Altar (Cyclades, Greece)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Delos — Apollo Temple North Altar (Cyclades, Greece) in South Aegean, Cyclades, Delos, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Nineveh — Ishtar Temple North Ancillary (Kuyunjik)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Nineveh — Ishtar Temple North Ancillary (Kuyunjik) in Nineveh, Nineveh, Kuyunjik, Iraq is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attrib…
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Knossos — Little Palace North Adyton (Heraklion, Crete)
Minoan Palatial (2700–1450 BCE) · Minoan
Knossos — Little Palace North Adyton (Heraklion, Crete) in Crete, Heraklion, Knossos Little Palace, Greece is a Minoan Palatial (2700–1450 BCE) temple comp…
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Piruru — Tantamayo Canyon Huanuca Highland Mound
Preceramic Mito to Late Intermediate (3000 BCE mound; 1200 CE tower) Piruru canyon mega-site · Kotosh-Mito Piruru 3000 BCE → Late Intermediate Tantamayo citadel 1200 CE
Piruru Tantamayo surveyed by Bonnier, Piruru 3000 Mito and 40 tower houses 1200.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Temple of Abad Howe
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Temple of Abad Howe in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) temple complex attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Saint Catherine Monastery — Sacred Monastery of Sinai
Byzantine to Present (Justinian–continuous) · Byzantine Greek Orthodox / Bedouin Jebeleya
Saint Catherine Monastery (548–565 CE Justinian I) is world's oldest continuously operating Christian monastery at 1585 m foot of Mount Sinai intra Wadi el-Deir.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Temple complex
Tinmel Mosque — Almohad Sanctuary
Almohad (1125–1276) · Berber Almohad (Masmuda)
Tinmel Mosque (1156 CE) is the prototype Almohad mosque at 2200 m in High Atlas where Ibn Tumart, Mahdi of Almohads, fortified village and is buried (Tumart tomb).
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Temple complex
Prambanan — Candi Lumbung Ancillary Shrine North
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Prambanan — Candi Lumbung Ancillary Shrine North in Central Java, Prambanan, Candi Lumbung, Indonesia is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Kocan Tepe West Tek Tek Ridge
PPNA to PPNB · Taş Tepeler
Kocan Tepe West Tek Tek Ridge at Şanlıurfa, Tek Tek West, Turkey is a PPNA to PPNB temple complex of the Taş Tepeler tradition, built c. 9200 BCE for uninvestigated t-pillar ridge quarry.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Susa — Achaemenid Palace North Apadana Terrace
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Susa — Achaemenid Palace North Apadana Terrace in Khuzestan, Shush, Susa Achaemenid, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex att…
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Temple complex
Sanctuary of Mains Baraka Burial
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.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Pachacamac — Painted Temple North Ramp (Lurin)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Pachacamac — Painted Temple North Ramp (Lurin) in Lima, Lurín, Pachacamac, Peru is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to…
🇪🇸 Spain · Temple complex
Wick 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
Sanctuary of Coire
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.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Kurt Tepesi
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPNA–PPNB) · Taş Tepeler
Tektek ridge T-pillar sanctuary linking Karahan and Harbetsuvan, ~5 ha with twin enclosures.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Eridu — Temple Mound North Terrace Ancillary (Abu Shahrain)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Eridu — Temple Mound North Terrace Ancillary (Abu Shahrain) in Dhi Qar, Eridu, Abu Shahrain, Iraq is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple com…
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
Halud Vihara — Ancillary Cell Block North (Naogaon)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Halud Vihara — Ancillary Cell Block North (Naogaon) in Rajshahi, Naogaon, Halud Vihara, Bangladesh is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple co…
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Chogha Mish — High Mound North Shrine (Khuzestan)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Chogha Mish — High Mound North Shrine (Khuzestan) in Khuzestan, Chogha Mish, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed …
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Letoon — Temple North Altar (Xanthos Valley, Lycia)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Letoon — Temple North Altar (Xanthos Valley, Lycia) in Muğla, Letoon, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Mu…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Hatra — Great Temple North Iwan (Nineveh)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Hatra — Great Temple North Iwan (Nineveh) in Nineveh, Hatra, Iraq is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Multi-period …