🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
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Urartian Kingdom 8th–6th century BCE (late empire western frontier) · Urartian → Median → Achaemenid
Argishti II's Euphrates citadel with pillared hall, subterranean passage and ivory tombs.
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Sacred precincts, sanctuaries and the architecture of ritual.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Early Historic (300 BCE–400 CE) · Satavahana-Ikshvaku
Nelakondapalli — Khammam Stupa in Telangana, Khammam, India is a Early Historic (300 BCE–400 CE) temple complex attributed to Satavahana-Ikshvaku culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Urartian Kingdom 8th–6th century BCE (late empire western frontier) · Urartian → Median → Achaemenid
Argishti II's Euphrates citadel with pillared hall, subterranean passage and ivory tombs.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Temple complex
Medieval Sudanese (15th–16th c) · Dagomba–Dyula Islam
Larabanga Mosque (1421 legend, likely 16th c) is the oldest mosque in Ghana and purest Sudanese adobe (Sudanic) with two 12 m pyramidal towers (mihrab and minaret) 8×10 m mud mass, 12 massive toron…
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Temple complex
Malay–Srivijaya to Muara Jambi (680–1300 CE) · Melayu Kingdom to Srivijaya to Mauli (Batanghari)
Candi Muaro Jambi is the largest Buddhist temple complex in Southeast Asia — 398 ha with 82 red-brick candi (7th–13th c) along the Batanghari River, center of Malayu–Srivijaya scholarship.
🇸🇾 Syria · Temple complex
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Sanctuary of Hamlet Nagar in Homs Governorate, Syria is a Moche (100–800 CE) temple complex attributed to Moche culture.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Early Pandya origins 6th c., current Nayak 1623–1655 CE · Hindu (Shavite-Shakti) under Nayak kingdom of Madurai
Sprawling Nayak temple-city with 14 colourful gopurams and musical stone pillars.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Early Historic (300 BCE–200 CE) · Satavahana
Dhulikatta — Buddhist Stupa Fort in Telangana, Karimnagar, India is a Early Historic (300 BCE–200 CE) temple complex attributed to Satavahana culture.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
The Gawhar Shad Mausoleum, also known as the Tomb of Baysunghur, is a former Islamic burial structure located in what is now Herat, Afghanistan.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Late Horizon Inca Imperial 1440–1536 CE · Inca
Qhapaq Ñan tambo with 28-niche polygonal usnu platform of perfectly fitted octagonal andesite.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Tumulus
Vendel Period to Early Middle Ages (c.500–1150 CE) · Vendel Period Scandinavia / Early Swedish Kingdom
Magnate complex with three monumental Vendel Period royal burial mounds (Östhögen, Mellanhögen, Västhögen, 50–75 m diameter, 8–11 m high, c.550–600 CE), Thing mound and a 12th-century church on the…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Preclassic 1000 BCE – Late Classic 900 CE; peak 600–900 CE · Maya (Yaxhá kingdom)
Major Late Classic lakeside Maya city 237 structures and 40 stelae on Yaxhá Lake isthmus: Twin North Acropolis, East Acropolis triadic Temple 216 (26 m high, painted red, largest in Yaxhá, second…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Satavahana to Ikshvaku Late Andhra 200 BCE–400 CE · Ikshvaku / Mahayana Buddhist
Vast Ikshvaku dynasty capital and Buddhist university city (c.200–400 CE) on Krishna River, 30+ Buddhist monasteries with 9 mahastupas, Brahminical temples and Europe's largest collection of early…
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Pediment Temple Complex in Thessaly, Greece is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Classical culture.
🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut
Later Qin to Song (384 – 1279 CE) · Buddhist Hexi to Central Plains transition at Wei River gap
East face stacked 90 caves 142 m hill with 16 m Buddha and plankway tiers.
🇩🇪 Germany · Temple complex
Breitenau concentration camp was one of the first concentration camps established by the Nazis.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Sanctuary of Furnace in Fars Province, Iran is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) temple complex attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Temple of Abbey-Doab in Ohio, United States is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Roman culture.
🇩🇪 Germany · Temple complex
Disibodenberg (German pronunciation: [diziˈboːdn̩bɛʁk]) is a monastery ruin near Staudernheim in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Temple complex
Mon foundation legend 6th c. BCE; major form 14th–18th c. CE · Mon-Burmese Theravada Buddhist
Shwedagon Zedi Daw – 112m gilded stupa encrusted with 60 tonnes of gold leaf and 5,448 diamonds (76-carat crown), enshrining hairs of Gautama and relics of three prior Buddhas.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
Gupta-Pala (5th–8th c.) · Gupta
Bhasu Vihara — Shibganj in Bogra District, Shibganj, Bangladesh is a Gupta-Pala (5th–8th c.) temple complex attributed to Gupta culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Temple of Row Seaton in Ohio, United States is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) temple complex attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
The Great Mosque of Diyarbakır (Turkish: Diyarbakır Ulu Camii or Cami-i Kebîr; Kurdish: Mizgefta Mezin a Amedê) was built in the late 11th century by the Seljuk sultan Malik-Shah I over an older…
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Qanat Grove Temple Complex in Iwate Prefecture, Japan is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) temple complex attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Sanctuary of Black Field in Ohio, United States is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) temple complex attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
