⫶Temple complexes

🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex

Ichijō-ji

Ichijō-ji (一乗寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Sakamoto neighborhood of the city of Kasai, Hyōgo Prefecture Japan.

🇮🇳 India · Ancient city

Pauni

Vidarbha Megalithic 1100–300 BCE → Maurya 300–187 → Sunga–Satavahana 187 BCE–250 CE → Vakataka 250–500 CE · Vidarbha Megalithic → Mauryan → Satavahana → Vakataka (Vidarbha Early Historic)

Vidarbha fortress-city Padmavati on Wainganga (1100 BCE–300 CE) — 4 km rampart with two Satavahana stupas (38 m) and megalithic-to-Mauryan continuity.

🇮🇳 India · Temple complex

Lauriya Nandangarh

Mauryan to Pala (242 BCE–1200 CE) · Mauryan (Ashokan) to Pala Buddhist

Ashokan lion pillar (242 BCE, 32 ft) with 51-ft Nandangarh Stupa 400 m away, continuous Mauryan–Pala mound.

🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex

Pachacamac

Wari to Late Horizon (200 – 1533 CE) · Wari / Ychsma / Inca

Pachacamac in Lima, Peru is a Wari to Late Horizon (200 – 1533 CE) temple complex attributed to Wari / Ychsma / Inca culture.

🇮🇳 India · Temple complex

Lauriya Areraj

Mauryan (Ashokan, 244 BCE) with Gupta–Pala overlay · Mauryan Ashokan

Companion Ashokan lion pillar (244 BCE, 36.5 ft) to Lauriya Nandangarh, with moated stupa mound 200 m south.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex

Notion Apollo South Agora

Archaic to Roman Imperial · Aeolian then Ionian (Notion as Colophon port)

South agora with bouleuterion and Hadrianic nymphaeum below Notion Apollo temple over Aegean.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex

Aigai Temple of Athena — Manisa Yunt Dağ

Archaic to Roman · Aiolian Greek, Hellenistic Attalid

Yunt Dağ 400-m Aiolian Athena 300 BCE terrace with 3-storey stoa and agora, 12 Aiolian League wool city.

🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid

Haft Tepe (Kabnak) Ziggurat — Elamite Royal Tomb Complex

Middle Elamite (Kabnak period) · Elamite

Middle Elamite ziggurat-tomb of King Tepti-Ahar c.1470 BCE at Haft Tepe (Kabnak) — 33 m platform with 354 m vaulted royal tomb and 400-tablet archive.

🇮🇳 India · Temple complex

Mansar

Vakataka–Gupta (250–550 CE) · Vakataka (Deccan) – Gupta contemporaneous

Vakataka–Gupta palace city (5th–6th c)—38×38 m palace, Shiva–Vishnu temple, 170×40 m dammed reservoir at Nagpur.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex

Magnesia Artemis West Precinct

Hellenistic · Ionian Hellenistic (Hermogenes) under Seleucid then Pergamene patronage

180-m west temenos and agora stoa linking Hermogenes 8×15 pseudodipteral Artemision to Maeander port.

🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid

Semna West Fortress (Middle Kingdom Nubian Frontier Fort)

Egyptian Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian (Middle Kingdom)

Massive L-shaped mudbrick fortress of 12th Dynasty Sesostris III (c.1878–1840 BCE), southernmost of four forts guarding the Semna Cataract narrows at the Egyptian-Nubian border (along with Kumma…

🇧🇴 Bolivia · Temple complex

Isla del Sol

Tiwanaku to Inca (500 – 1532 CE) · Tiwanaku / Inca

Isla del Sol in La Paz, Bolivia is a Tiwanaku to Inca (500 – 1532 CE) temple complex attributed to Tiwanaku / Inca culture.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city

Karkamish (Carchemish) – Hittite–Neo-Hittite Capital on Euphrates Ford

Late Bronze to Neo-Assyrian (c. 1800 BCE – 605 BCE) · Hittite / Mitanni / Neo-Hittite–Aramaean / Assyrian / Babylonian

Euphrates ford harbour capital – quay orthostats 40 m and harbour gate by Euphrates narrows.

🇨🇳 China · Temple complex

Maijishan North Niche 135

Northern Dynasties (Western Wei to Northern Zhou) · Northern Zhou Buddhist (Yuwen court patronage)

North-face shaded Maitreya pensive niche preserving straw-plastic polychrome.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex

Claros Oracle East Stoa

Archaic to Roman Imperial · Ionian Greek, Hellenistic (Alexander to Attalid), Roman

72-m east stoa and Doric temple adyton of Apollo Clarios oracle between Ephesus and Smyrna.

🇮🇳 India · Temple complex

Deorkothar

Maurya 3 c. BCE → Sunga 2–1 c. BCE → Gupta 4–6 c. CE · Maurya → Sunga Buddhist (Ashokan sphere)

Four-stupa Mauryan–Sunga Buddhist hilltop complex (3 c. BCE–6 c. CE) on Vindhyan escarpment between Rewa and Prayag.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city

Sippar (Tell Abu Habbah) – Temple City of Shamash

Early Dynastic to Parthian (c. 3000 BCE – 100 CE) · Sumerian / Akkadian / Babylonian / Neo-Babylonian / Achaemenid

Shamash sun-temple city whose Euphrates harbour lies 2 km off modern river – Sun God Tablet and Babylonian World Map findspot.

🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex

Garagay Alt

Early Formative (1400 – 800 BCE) · Cupisnique / Chavín-related

Garagay Alt in Lima, Peru is a Early Formative (1400 – 800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Cupisnique / Chavín-related culture.

🇨🇳 China · Temple complex

Tianlongshan East Cave Taiyuan

Sui to Tang · Sui-Tang Buddhist (Taiyuan Jinyang school)

Eastern 8-cave Sui peak of Tianlong Mountain above Taiyuan with Amitabha hall.

🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut

Junnar

Maurya → Satavahana 230 BCE–220 CE → Vakataka 250–400 CE · Satavahana Early Buddhist (Hinayana) → Brahmanical

200+ Satavahana rock-cut caves on Nanaghat pass (300 BCE–400 CE) — Naganika Brahmi inscription of Vedic rites.

🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid

Kerma — Western Deffufa (Capital of Kush, Nubia)

Kerma (2500–1500 BCE), Classic Kerma 1750–1500 BCE · Kerma Culture (Nubian Kush)

Monumental mudbrick temple-massif 19 m high (52x27 m base) forming religious heart of Kerma, capital of the 3000-year-old Kerma Culture (2500–1500 BCE), one of Africa's earliest urban civilizations…

🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city

Chacchoben Maya City

Middle Preclassic–Postclassic Maya (700 BCE–1200 CE, flourished 300–900) · Maya (Sarteneja – southern Quintana Roo)

Middle Preclassic to Terminal Classic Maya town (700 BCE–1200 CE, major 300–900) in southern Quintana Roo jungles: 3 temple pyramids (Gran Basamento 7 m high 70 m long, Temple 24 with red-painted…

🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex

La Galgada

Late Preceramic / Kotosh Tradition (3000 – 1800 BCE) · Kotosh / La Galgada

La Galgada in Ancash, Peru is a Late Preceramic / Kotosh Tradition (3000 – 1800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Kotosh / La Galgada culture.