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Buildings raised to house a god and the rites owed to it.
🇲🇹 Malta · Megalith
Neolithic (Ġgantija phase) · Maltese Temple culture
Pair of cloverleaf temples with walls to 6 m high, coralline blocks >50 t, among earliest free-standing stone structures (c.3600 BCE), surrounded by massive outer wall on Gozo plateau.
🇲🇹 Malta · Megalith
Chalcolithic (Tarxien phase) · Maltese Temple culture
Four interconnected temples with spiral reliefs, animal friezes and 2.7 m mother-goddess statue fragment. Most decorated of Maltese temples, adjacent to Hal Saflieni Hypogeum.
🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Gupta (380–415 CE Chandragupta II) · Gupta Hindu (Vishnu)
Udayagiri Caves 5–6 — Vidisha Vishnu Complex in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Gupta (380–415 CE Chandragupta II) rock_cut attributed to Gupta Hindu (Vishnu).
🇲🇹 Malta · Megalith
Chalcolithic · Maltese Temple culture
Clifftop complex of three conjoined temples 500 m below Ħaġar Qim; best preserved in Malta with corbelled walls, precise equinox/solstice solar alignments through doorways.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Hittite to Roman (1500 BCE–200 CE) · Tarqu/ Phoenician Moxos
Mallus — Cilician Temple-Tell in Adana Province, Turkey is a Hittite to Roman (1500 BCE–200 CE) tell attributed to Tarqu/ Phoenician Moxos.
🇸🇾 Syria · Temple complex
Early Bronze Age (3000-2300 BCE) · Early Dynastic
Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Eastern Outlier in Al-Hasakah, Tell Beydar, Syria is a Early Bronze Age (3000-2300 BCE) temple complex attributed to Early Dynastic.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
New Kingdom-Napatan (1500-500 BCE) · Napatan
Gebel Barkal Temple B500 Terrace Annex — Eastern Outlier in Northern State, Karima, Sudan is a New Kingdom-Napatan (1500-500 BCE) temple complex attributed to Napatan.
🇸🇾 Syria · Temple complex
Early Bronze Age (3000-2300 BCE) · Early Dynastic
Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard in Al-Hasakah, Tell Beydar, Syria is a Early Bronze Age (3000-2300 BCE) temple complex attributed to Early Dynastic.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Classical to Hellenistic · Rhodian Greek, Carian
Hisarburnu healing sanctuary of Hemithea half-goddess with 35-m altar and incubation stoa, 4th BCE Rhodian Peraea.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Late Preceramic to Early Formative (Jaén phase) · Marañón/Cajamarca Cupisnique-related / Early Formative
Amazon-slope temple Montegrande (3000–800 BCE) Jaén Amojú: 72 m spiral pyramid with Chamber of Death (40 burials) over 3000 BCE circular temple — Cajamarca Formative spiral tradition.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya (600–850 CE, Rio Bec style full fluorescence) · Maya (Rio Bec, Apogee of Classic palace-pyramid)
Type-site of Rio Bec architectural style (550–850 CE): dispersed low pyramids 10–20 m with twin solid towers and false stairs, vaulted palace chambers, and roofcombs — Structure V (5N2 Group A) is…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Late Period to Greek (525–332 BCE, Alexander 332 BCE extension) · Egyptian Late–Greek Alexander
Bawiti — Bahariya Temple of Alexander in Giza Governorate (Bahariya), Egypt is a Late Period to Greek (525–332 BCE, Alexander 332 BCE extension) temple-complex attributed to Egyptian Late–Greek…
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Pre-Aksumite Sabaean (800–400 BCE) · Damot–Sabaean (Sabean immigrants)
Yeha Great Temple — Pre-Aksumite in Tigray Region, Ethiopia is a Pre-Aksumite Sabaean (800–400 BCE) temple-complex attributed to Damot–Sabaean (Sabean immigrants).
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Cederberg Stadsaal Sun Panel North in Cusco, Peru is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Pushkarini Tank Steps North in Rajasthan, India is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Classical (444–440 BCE) · Athenian (Periklean)
Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion in Attica, Greece is a Classical (444–440 BCE) temple-complex attributed to Athenian (Periklean).
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
News Paper Rock Panel East in Rajasthan, India is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Medieval culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Classical
Torana Gateway Relief North in Cusco, Peru is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Classical culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hellenistic to Roman (300 BCE–200 CE) · Cilician–Seleucid
Ramsgetragen? Actually Castabala — Hierapolis Castabala Temple in Osmaniye Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Roman (300 BCE–200 CE) temple-complex attributed to Cilician–Seleucid.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Pyramid
Pre-Angkor (8th c. CE, re-dated 8th) · Chenla–Pre-Angkor
Ak Yum — Earliest Khmer Pyramid in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia is a Pre-Angkor (8th c. CE, re-dated 8th) pyramid attributed to Chenla–Pre-Angkor.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hellenistic–Roman (300 BCE–200 CE) · Hellenistic Mallus–Magarsus
Magarsus — Athena Magarsia Temple in Adana Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic–Roman (300 BCE–200 CE) temple-complex attributed to Hellenistic Mallus–Magarsus.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Late 6th c. BCE · Athenian
Small Temple of Nemesis at Rhamnous in Attica, Greece is a Late 6th c. BCE temple-complex attributed to Athenian. Distyle prostyle temple adjoining the larger Nemesis temple, earlier cult focus.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Eastern Ganga · Gangesvara Eastern Ganga (Narasimhadeva I)
Sun Temple, Konârak in Odisha, India is a Eastern Ganga temple complex attributed to Gangesvara Eastern Ganga (Narasimhadeva I) culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 246).
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Chandela · Chandela Rajput
Khajuraho Group of Temples in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Chandela temple complex attributed to Chandela Rajput culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 240).
