🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Monolithic Stela Circle South — Cusco (Cusco)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Monolithic Stela Circle South in Cusco, Peru is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
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🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Monolithic Stela Circle South in Cusco, Peru is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Temple complex
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Khami Ruins Outlier in Nok Valley, Nigeria is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Medieval culture.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Temple complex
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Tichitt Settlement Cluster in Rift Valley, Kenya is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Medieval culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hellenistic to Roman (300 BCE – 300 CE) · Ionian Teian with Hellenistic king patronage
Upper terrace of Technitai Dionysus sanctuary above theatre and harbour.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Archaic to Byzantine (1100 BCE – 600 CE) · Ionian Greek (Erythraean)
Erythraean peninsula Athena cliff temple and Sibyl throne opposite Chios.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Rock art
Late Palaeolithic to Medieval (20 ka BCE – 12th c. CE) · Epipalaeolithic, Sredny Stog, Yamna, Catacomb, Scythian, Sarmatian, Turkic steppe cultures
Azov steppe sandstone hill with 87 grottoes and 3,000 petroglyphs from Palaeolithic to Turkic.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Archaic (800-500 BCE) · Archaic Greek
Perachora Heraion Cistern Ridge Terrace — Eastern Outlier in Corinthia, Perachora, Greece is a Archaic (800-500 BCE) temple complex attributed to Archaic Greek.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Archaic (800-500 BCE) · Archaic Greek
Perachora Heraion Cistern Ridge Terrace in Corinthia, Perachora, Greece is a Archaic (800-500 BCE) temple complex attributed to Archaic Greek.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Byzantine; Phrygian-Roman sanctuary peak · Phrygian → Galatian Tolistobogii → Roman Galatia
Mother-goddess sanctuary-city of Cybele — Phrygian terraces, Hellenistic temple and Roman acropolis buried under Ballıhisar mound on Sangarios.
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Outer Nara Enclosure Central — Nara, Asuka (54-23) at Nara, Asuka, Japan is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for enclosure and associated settlement.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Inner Hattusa Mound Central — Hattusa (60-09) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Early Historic (regional) temple complex of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Old Hattusa Temple II — Hattusa (60-43) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Chalcolithic (regional) temple complex of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 CE for temple and associated settlement.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Classical (regional) · Classical
Upper Eridu Hilltop North — Eridu (53-47) at Eridu, Iraq is a Classical (regional) temple complex of the Classical tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Labraunda — Andron B North Terrace in Muğla, Milas, Labraunda, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Multi-per…
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Paquimé Casas Grandes Compound in Mississippi Valley, United States is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇦🇺 Australia · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Cederberg Stadsaal Sun Panel North in Kimberley, Australia is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Temple complex
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Classical
Cerro Baúl Wari Outpost in Pampas, Argentina is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Classical culture.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Temple complex
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Gobero Cemetery Paleolake in Serengeti, Tanzania is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Classical culture.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Temple complex
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Classical
Khami Ruins Outlier in Serengeti, Tanzania is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Classical culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Petroglyph Panel East in Cusco, Peru is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Classical culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Cerro Baúl Wari Outpost in North Coast, Peru is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Cerro Sechín Relief Wall in Yucatán, Mexico is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) temple complex attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock-cut
Commagene (80–50 BCE Antiochus I) · Commagene Greek-Persian syncretism
Arsameia excavated by Dörner & Young 1935–64, inscription records founding by Arsames c.230 BCE and Antiochus reshaping.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Archaic (800-500 BCE) · Archaic Greek
Perachora Heraion Cistern Ridge Terrace — Northern Annex in Corinthia, Perachora, Greece is a Archaic (800-500 BCE) temple complex attributed to Archaic Greek.