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🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith
Pre-Pottery Neolithic · Hunter-gatherer (PPN A/B)
Hilltop Pre-Pottery Neolithic sanctuary with 8+ circular enclosures defined by T-shaped limestone pillars up to 5.5 m, carved with foxes, vultures, aurochs.
🇷🇺 Russia · Rock art
Neolithic to Early Medieval (6000 BCE – 800 CE) · Neolithic Altai, Afanasievo, Okunev, Karasuk, Pazyryk, Kok-Pash, Turkic Khaganate
Chuysky gorge 5,000-image palimpsest 6 ka BCE to Turkic across Katun-Chuya confluence.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Outer Hattusa Temple Inner — Hattusa (60-47) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Bronze Age (regional) temple complex of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 800 BCE for temple and associated settlement.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Classical (regional) · Classical
Royal Hattusa Platform I — Hattusa (60-07) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Classical (regional) temple complex of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 BCE for platform and associated settlement.
🇸🇩 Sudan · 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.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9600-8800 BCE) · Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Gobekli Tepe Enclosure F Annex East — Eastern Outlier in Southeastern Anatolia, Sanliurfa, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9600-8800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Pre-Pottery Neolithic.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Archaic to Late Antiquity (1000 BCE – 600 CE) · Ionian Greek and Roman / Artists of Dionysus guild
Hermogenes' canonical Dionysus temple 208 BCE — largest Dionysac sanctuary and theatre guild capital.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Classical to Hellenistic (350–100 BCE peak) · Dorian Greek (Knidian polis)
Peninsula-tip Demeter terrace Doric prostylos with thesmophoria pits and Knidos double harbour.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Archaic to Byzantine (1100 BCE – 600 CE) · Aeolian/Ionian Greek and Roman (Pergamene)
Hermogenes' pseudodipteral Artemis temple 150 BCE — Vitruvian beautiful after Ephesus.
🇨🇳 China · Temple complex
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Outer Henan Citadel A — Henan, Erlitou (54-27) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 200 CE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Upper Meroe Ridge A — Meroe (53-31) at Meroe, Sudan is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Temple complex
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Temple of Henge in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) temple complex attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Late Classical to Roman (Hellenistic oracle peak) · Colophonian Greek under Persian and later Roman oracle administration
Claros oracular bay temple Ionic prostyle over sacred pool feeding chasm, oracle hydrology.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9500-8500 BCE) · Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Karahan Tepe Pillared Structure East Ridge — Western Terrace in Southeastern Anatolia, Sanliurfa, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9500-8500 BCE) temple complex attributed to Pre-Pottery Neolithic.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9600-8800 BCE) · Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Gobekli Tepe Enclosure F Annex East — Western Terrace in Southeastern Anatolia, Sanliurfa, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9600-8800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Pre-Pottery Neolithic.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Archaic (800-500 BCE) · Archaic Greek
Perachora Heraion Cistern Ridge Terrace — Southern Extension in Corinthia, Perachora, Greece is a Archaic (800-500 BCE) temple complex attributed to Archaic Greek.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Byzantine (c.300 BCE – 350 CE) · Ptolemaic Greek / Roman Egyptian
Crocodile-god island town on Lake Moeris — eastern mole harbour 400 m east of town 1–2 m under salt wash, with 320 m sphinx dromos.
🇪🇸 Spain · Temple complex
Iron Age Orientalizing (Tartessian, c.600–400 BCE) · Tartessian–Phoenician Orientalizing (southwest Iberian)
Cancho Roano (Tartessian–Orientalizing c.600–400 BCE) on the La Serena plain is a unique mudbrick palace-sanctuary, three successive complexes (A–C) built over each other, the final 30 × 20 m…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Northern Luxor Necropolis East — Luxor, Thebes (53-45) at Luxor, Thebes, Egypt is a Medieval (regional) temple complex of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Central Hattusa Temple B — Hattusa (60-24) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Early Historic (regional) temple complex of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for temple and associated settlement.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Inner Siem Reap Mound Outer — Siem Reap (54-30) at Siem Reap, Cambodia is a Iron Age (regional) temple complex of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 800 CE for mound and associated settlement.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Upper Eridu Citadel North — Eridu (53-44) at Eridu, Iraq is a Iron Age (regional) temple complex of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 400 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇦🇺 Australia · Temple complex
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Temple of Dail in New South Wales, Australia is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) temple complex attributed to Harappan culture.
🇴🇲 Oman · Temple complex
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Temple of Dun-Palace in Dhofar, Oman is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) temple complex attributed to Mississippian culture.
