🇸🇾 Syria · Temple complex
Sanctuary of Hamlet Nagar
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Sanctuary of Hamlet Nagar in Homs Governorate, Syria is a Moche (100–800 CE) temple complex attributed to Moche culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Nagarjunakonda
Satavahana to Ikshvaku Late Andhra 200 BCE–400 CE · Ikshvaku / Mahayana Buddhist
Vast Ikshvaku dynasty capital and Buddhist university city (c.200–400 CE) on Krishna River, 30+ Buddhist monasteries with 9 mahastupas, Brahminical temples and Europe's largest collection of early…
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Temple of Abbey-Doab
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Temple of Abbey-Doab in Ohio, United States is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Roman culture.
🇦🇺 Australia · Temple complex
Temple of Wadi Settlement
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Temple of Wadi Settlement in New South Wales, Australia is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Sanctuary of Broad Ingoldisthorpe
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Sanctuary of Broad Ingoldisthorpe in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) temple complex attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Temple complex
Temple of Bailey
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Temple of Bailey in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) temple complex attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Temple complex
Borobudur Temple Compounds
Mataram Sailendra c.780–830 CE · Central Javanese Buddhist (Sailendra/Mataram)
Mahayana Buddhist mandala-mountain (c.775–825 CE) of Sailendra/early Mataram, 34.5 m high terraced pyramid with 2,672 relief panels (longest Buddhist narrative reliefs 2.5 km) and 504 Buddha statues.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Temple of Quetzalcoatl at Teotihuacan
Classic Teotihuacan (150–250 CE core; 250–600 CE modifications) · Teotihuacano (Central Mexican)
Feathered Serpent Pyramid (c.150–250 CE) at Teotihuacan's Ciudadela – talud-tablero façade encrusted with alternating feathered serpent and fire-serpent (Xiuhcoatl) heads with war-serpent headdresses.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Deir Alla
Late Bronze to Islamic (c.1600 BCE–1400 CE; peak Iron 1200–760 BCE, Balaam c.800) · LB Canaanite → Iron Ammon/Gilead → Persian → Hellenistic
Deir Alla in Jordan Valley is famed for 1967 Balaam inscription — plaster wall with earliest Aramaic/Hebrew prophetic text 'Balaam son of Beor, seer of the gods...
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Khafajah
Late Uruk to Old Babylonian (c.3400–1700 BCE; peak Early Dynastic) · Uruk → Jemdet Nasr → Early Dynastic (Akkadian/Sumerian Diyala) → Akkadian → Old Babylonian/Eshnunna
Diyala Sequence key town with 10-phase Sin Temple and Samsuiluna earthquake horizon.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty c.1479–1458 BCE · Egyptian (New Kingdom, Thutmosid)
Hatshepsut's Djeser-Djeseru (c.1470 BCE) – a three-terraced colonnaded mortuary temple cut into the Theban cliff opposite Karnak, designed by Senenmut.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Garagay — Chillón Valley Relief Temple with Chavín Feline
Initial Period (1400–400 BCE Garagay culture 1200 BCE major three-armed U-temple; Chavín 800 BCE feline repaint) · Garagay (Chillón) → Chavín cup style with feline dragon facing
Garagay feline atrium 2.5 m 1200.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Temple complex
Borobudur
Medang Kingdom Sailendra 780–835 CE · Mahayana Buddhist under Sailendra dynasty central Java
World's largest Buddhist Mandala mountain with 72 latticed stupas.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Yeay Lao Group (Sambor Prei Kuk)
Chenla (Isanapura 616–635 CE) to Angkor · Chenla (Isanapura, King Isanavarman I)
Yeay Lao is one of three walled cities of Isanapura (Samor Prei Kuk, UNESCO 2017) — Chenla capital 616–635 CE, 250×250 m walled enclosure with 3 octagonal brick sanctuaries.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Lingaraja Temple Bhubaneswar
Somavamshi to Eastern Ganga 11th c. (c.1090–1104 peak) · Kalinga Hindu (Odisha)
Lingaraja (c.1090–1114) – tallest Kalinga deula (55m) in Bhubaneswar's Ekamra Kshetra, housing Svayambhu linga (Shiva) revered as both Shiva and Vishnu (Harihara).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
Soleb — Amenhotep III Lion Temple Jebel Dosha Link
New Kingdom (Amenhotep III c.1375 BCE Temple of Amun ; Soleb lions Prudhoe) · Egyptian New Kingdom (Sed-festival temple)
Soleb excavated by Breasted 1907 and Schiff Giorgini 1957–, Amenhotep lion temple 1375 BCE.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion
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).
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Huaca de la Luna — Moche Polychrome Temple Facade
Moche (100–650 CE) and later Chimú cemetery · Moche (Mochica) then Chimú
Cerro Blanco Moche excavated by Uceda & Tufinio 1991–, north wall 60 m relief of war-god, decapitador and prisoner sacrifice plaza 100 m.
🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Mahabalipuram Group of Monuments
Pallava dynasty 630–700 CE · Hindu (Shaiva) under Pallava
Pallava seaside rock-cut trials: Shore Temple surviving tsunami and 27-m bas relief.
🇫🇷 France · Temple complex
Tumulus Cemetery Europe 94 — France Region 10
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Europe-Temple
Tumulus Cemetery Europe 94 — France Region 10 in France Region 10, France is a Bronze Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Pañamarca — Moche Occupation Cupisnique Mound Northern Lima? no Ancash
Moche (550–800 CE) wall murals southernmost Moche 550–710 HalPRI mural layer 4.2 m · Moche southern frontier (Nepeña) with Wari-influenced mural final 710
Pañamarca Schaedel 1950s and recent Trever, Moche southern mural.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
Naqa — Amun Temple and Roman Kiosk with Lion of Apedemak
Meroitic (1st c. CE Amanitore/Natakamani) + earlier Amun temple 200 BCE · Meroitic Kandak Amanitore
Naqa excavated by Cailliaud 1822 and Wildung 1995–, Roman kiosk Hathor and Amanitore smiting relief.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Airavatesvara Temple Complex Darasuram
Chola 12th c. (1146–1172 CE) · Chola Hindu (Rajaraja II)
Airavatesvara (1146–1172, Rajaraja II) – Chola chariot temple (Skt ratha) where front mandapa wheels are stone chariot wheels, music steps that resonate seven tones, and yali_balustrade.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Ephesus Arsinoeion-Octagon — Sanctuary Terrace of Arsinoe
Hellenistic to Roman (288 BCE – 262 CE) · Ptolemaic to Roman Ephesian
Curetes terrace with 36 m Arsinoeion rotunda and Octagon princess tomb.