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CategoriesTemple complexes
Sacred precincts, sanctuaries and the architecture of ritual.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Roman (Claudian 41–54 CE) · Roman Cilician
Claudiopolis — Mut Plateau Temple in Mersin Province, Turkey is a Roman (Claudian 41–54 CE) temple-complex attributed to Roman Cilician.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Classic · Maya/Andean
Chacmultun — Puuc Red House vault paintings.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Mycenaean to Late Antique · Greek (Apollo/Pythia)
Delphi Archaeological Site in Phocis, Greece is a Mycenaean to Late Antique temple complex attributed to Greek (Apollo/Pythia) culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 393).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Maya Late Classic 700–1000 CE · Maya (Puuc)
Labná Arch 3 m, 67-room Palace, Puuc 800–1000 CE.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Temple complex
Kushan (300 CE) · Gandhara Buddhist
Mohra Moradu Monastery — Taxila Southern Annex in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Kushan (300 CE) temple-complex attributed to Gandhara Buddhist.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 319 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 355 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 30 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 37 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 50 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
Kushan–Sasanian (200–600 CE) · Kushan Buddhist (Bactria)
Tapa Shotor — Haibak Stupa in Samangan Province, Afghanistan is a Kushan–Sasanian (200–600 CE) temple-complex attributed to Kushan Buddhist (Bactria).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Old Kingdom 5th Dynasty (2494–2345 BCE) · Old Kingdom Egyptian (5th Dynasty solar cult)
Only two excavated sun temples of six built by 5th Dynasty kings, Abu Ghurab's open courts with granite obelisks (36 m) and alabaster altars (5.8 m) manifest Ra cult; Borchardt and...
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Megalith
Phoenician to Roman (c. 16 BCE–250 CE major Roman phase) · Roman / Phoenician
Monumental Roman temple complex on earlier Phoenician tell, with Temple of Bacchus (best preserved Roman temple) and Trilithon – three megalithic limestone blocks 19 x 4.5 x 3.6 m, 800 tonnes each,…
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Moche (100-800 CE) · Moche
Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 218 in La Libertad, Peru is a Moche (100-800 CE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Moche (100-800 CE) · Moche
Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 567 in La Libertad, Peru is a Moche (100-800 CE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Moche (100-800 CE) · Moche
Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 591 in La Libertad, Peru is a Moche (100-800 CE) temple-complex.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Temple complex
Geumseonsa (Korean: 금선사) is a Buddhist temple of the Jogye Order in Seoul, South Korea. Believed to have been established before 1405, it is located in 196-1 Gugi-dong in the Jongno District area of…
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Sabaean–D‘MT (c. 700 BCE – 300 CE; Great Temple c. 700 BCE) · Sabaean–Ethiopian (D‘MT kingdom, South Arabian influence)
Best-preserved pre-Axumite monument, Yeha's Great Temple (18.5×15 m, 14 m high) in ashlar with Sabaean inscription and Ethiopian–South Arabian altar, beside Grat Beal Gebri palace...
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Terminal Classic to Early Postclassic (Maya-Toltec) · Maya (Itzá) / Toltec-influenced
Stepped pyramid-temple at Chichén Itzá with 365 steps representing solar year; equinox feathered-serpent shadow (Kukulkán) descends balustrade.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
Grade I listed priory in Hambleton, United Kingdom
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Temple complex
The Kalutara Chaitya is a Stupa (buddhist shrine) located immediately south of the Kalutara Bridge in the Kalutara District of Sri Lanka.
🇫🇷 France · Temple complex
The Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud or Fontevrault (in French: abbaye de Fontevraud) was a monastery in the village of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Chinon, in the former French Duchy of Anjou.
