🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith
Göbekli Tepe
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.
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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.
🇹🇷 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.
🇲🇦 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.
🇪🇬 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.
🇴🇲 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.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Temple of Nara Cairn in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Moche (100–800 CE) temple complex attributed to Moche culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith
PPN A/B 9600–8000 BCE · Taş Tepeler PPN
Umbrella for 12 PPN hilltop sanctuaries (Karahan, Göbekli, Sayburç, Çakmaktepe, Sefer Tepe etc.) being excavated 2019-present, revealing 250+ T-pillars region-wide, reshaping Neolithisation model.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Classical to Hellenistic (Iliadic tradition to 150 BCE) · Aeolian Greek and later Pergamene sphere
Iliad's Mouse-Apollo temple 150 BCE Ionic pseudodipteral with Homeric friezes, Homeric cult.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Old Angkor Settlement Inner — Angkor (60-41) at Angkor, Cambodia is a Early Historic (regional) temple complex of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Lower Rajasthan Mound A — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-41) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Great Eridu Citadel B — Eridu (53-40) at Eridu, Iraq is a Medieval (regional) temple complex of the Medieval tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Temple complex
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Temple of Qasr Ditch in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Hillfort Spring Shahr Temple Complex in Thessaly, Greece is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) temple complex attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Archaic to Antonine (Lycia) · Lycian Greek and Roman Lycia
Lycian League capital oracle Ionic 6×11, winter seat of Delos Apollo equal to Delphi.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Old Rajasthan Citadel A — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-40) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Chalcolithic (regional) temple complex of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇨🇳 China · Temple complex
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Royal Henan Village South — Henan, Erlitou (54-16) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Iron Age (regional) temple complex of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Classical (regional) · Classical
Little Hattusa Settlement Inner — Hattusa (60-01) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Classical (regional) temple complex of the Classical tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for settlement and associated settlement.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
New Delphi Reservoir West — Delphi (60-48) at Delphi, Greece is a Medieval (regional) temple complex of the Medieval tradition, built c. 800 BCE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇮🇷 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.