🇹🇿 Tanzania · Temple complex
Gobero Cemetery Paleolake — Serengeti (Arusha)
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
Khami Ruins Outlier — Serengeti (Arusha)
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
Petroglyph Panel East
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
Cerro Baúl Wari Outpost — North Coast (Trujillo)
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
Cerro Sechín Relief Wall — Yucatán (Merida)
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
Kahta — Arsameia at Nymphaios Dexiosis Relief
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
Perachora Heraion Cistern Ridge Terrace — Northern Annex
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.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Perachora Heraion Cistern Ridge Terrace — Western Terrace
Archaic (800-500 BCE) · Archaic Greek
Perachora Heraion Cistern Ridge Terrace — Western Terrace in Corinthia, Perachora, Greece is a Archaic (800-500 BCE) temple complex attributed to Archaic Greek.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Outer Rajasthan Village North — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-49)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Outer Rajasthan Village North — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-49) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Chalcolithic (regional) temple complex of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art
Tamgaly-Tas II Upper Cliff Petroglyphs
Late Bronze to Dzungar · Wusun, Turkic, Mongol-Oirat, Tibetan Buddhist
Upper limestone cliff 35 m above the Ili left bank at Tamgaly-Tas (Kapchagai), 800 m upstream from the famous 17th-century Tibetan Buddhist panels.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Sanctuary of Wold-Ditch
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Sanctuary of Wold-Ditch in Ohio, United States is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) temple complex attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Externsteine
Natural Cretaceous (85 Ma); human modification medieval, hypothesized pre-Christian · Natural geology; medieval Christian hermitage; contested Germanic cult
Teutoburg Forest sandstone pillars with carved grottoes and medieval relief, debated as Germanic solar sanctuary.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Temple complex
North-Hamlet Temple Complex
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
North-Hamlet Temple Complex in County Kerry, Ireland is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Classical culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Temple complex
Dakhleh Oasis Roman Farm North
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Dakhleh Oasis Roman Farm North in Nok Valley, Nigeria is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇦🇺 Australia · Temple complex
Vihara Cell Group West — Kimberley (Broome)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Classical
Vihara Cell Group West in Kimberley, Australia is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Classical culture.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Temple complex
Rhapta Submerged Harbour — Rift Valley (Nairobi)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Rhapta Submerged Harbour in Rift Valley, Kenya is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith
Karahan Tepe
Pre-Pottery Neolithic · Taş Tepeler PPN
Major Taş Tepeler sister site to Göbekli Tepe, ~15 ha with quarries, 266 T-pillars and special building with 11 pillars and phallic/human-head statuary. Reveals 12-site hilltop sanctuary network.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Mevorakh — Coastal Plain
Late Bronze Age to Persian (1500–332 BCE) · Canaanite / Phoenician / Persian
Tel Mevorakh — Coastal Plain in Sharon Plain, Israel is a Late Bronze Age to Persian (1500–332 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Phoenician / Persian.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Delos (Island of the Gods)
Cycladic to Hellenistic · Cycladic/Greek
Delos (Island of the Gods) in Cyclades, Greece is a Cycladic to Hellenistic ancient city attributed to Cycladic/Greek culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 530).
🇷🇺 Russia · Rock art
Kalbak-Tash II Yaloman South Rock
Bronze Age to Early Medieval · Andronovo, Saka, Turkic
South-facing Yaloman cliff 5 km west of Kalbak-Tash main, with Andronovo two-spoked chariots and 12 Turkic tamga slabs overlaying earlier elk.
🇳🇪 Niger · Temple complex
Kilwa Husuni Kubwa Extension
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Kilwa Husuni Kubwa Extension in Ténéré, Niger is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) temple complex attributed to Local Neolithic culture.