🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Sanctuary of Nemesis and Fortress at Rhamnous
5th c. BCE to Roman · Athenian
Sanctuary of Nemesis and Fortress at Rhamnous in Attica, Greece is a 5th c. BCE to Roman temple-complex attributed to Athenian.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Stadium and Temple of Zeus at Nemea
Archaic to Early Christian · Argive Greek
Stadium and Temple of Zeus at Nemea in Corinthia, Greece is a Archaic to Early Christian temple-complex attributed to Argive Greek.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Piprahwa
Early Buddhist (500 BCE–300 CE) to Gupta · Sakya Buddhist (Kapilavastu polity)
Piprahwa is a 5th century BCE–300 CE stupa–monastery claimed as Kapilavastu's relic site, where Peppé (1898) found the inscribed stone casket with Buddha's bone relics, now in Indian Museum Kolkata.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
Tabo — Argo Island Meroitic-Isis Temple
Meroitic (300 BCE–300 CE) temple built Taharqa 690 BCE core earlier · Napatan Taharqa → Meroitic Isis cult
Argo Tabo excavated by Hinkel 1959 synthetic, Taharqa colossus 4 m from Tabo granodiorite.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram
Pallava Dynasty 580–728 CE (Mamalla and Rajasimha phases) · Tamil / Pallava Hindu (Shaiva/Vaishnava)
Pallava (7th–8th c CE) coastal temple town with 40 rock-cut shrines: Shore Temple granite seaside, Five Rathas monolithic chariot-temples cut from single boulders, Arjuna's Penance 27 m bas-relief,…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Uzuncaburç — Diokaisareia Temple of Zeus Olbios
Seleucid to Roman (280 BCE–200 CE) · Hellenistic Olba kingdom, later Roman
Cilicia Tracheia priest-state excavated by Machatschek 1900s and recent Turkish, Olba inscriptions of Teukrid kings.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tell Qasile — Philistine-Iron Sanctuary Tell on Yarkon
Philistine (1177–985 BCE Strata XII-X) → Iron II · Philistine port-temple
Yarkon tell excavated by Mazar 1948–50, 1970s, with Philistine Bichrome and later Israelite shrine.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela
Zagwe dynasty · Ethiopian Orthodox
11 medieval monolithic rock-cut churches chiselled from tuff into trenches, connected by tunnels, built for King Lalibela as New Jerusalem pilgrimage site; UNESCO 1978.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Temple complex
Seokguram Grotto & Bulguksa Temple
Silla Unified · Silla (Kim Dae-seong)
Seokguram Grotto & Bulguksa Temple in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Silla Unified temple complex attributed to Silla (Kim Dae-seong) culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 736).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Plazuelas — Three Temples on Sierra Pénjamo Cliff
Epiclassic (600–900 CE) late Classic Bajío · Bajío (Tarascan ancestor) with Teotihuacan theme brazier
Plazuelas excavated by INAH 1998–, 1200 pecked spirals.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Small Temple of Nemesis at Rhamnous
Late 6th c. BCE · Athenian
Small Temple of Nemesis at Rhamnous in Attica, Greece is a Late 6th c. BCE temple-complex attributed to Athenian. Distyle prostyle temple adjoining the larger Nemesis temple, earlier cult focus.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Sun Temple, Konârak
Eastern Ganga · Gangesvara Eastern Ganga (Narasimhadeva I)
Sun Temple, Konârak in Odisha, India is a Eastern Ganga temple complex attributed to Gangesvara Eastern Ganga (Narasimhadeva I) culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 246).
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Khajuraho Group of Temples
Chandela · Chandela Rajput
Khajuraho Group of Temples in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Chandela temple complex attributed to Chandela Rajput culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 240).
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Asclepieion of Kos
Hellenistic to Roman · Greek/Hippocratic
Asclepieion of Kos in Dodecanese, Kos, Greece is a Hellenistic to Roman temple complex attributed to Greek/Hippocratic culture.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Earthwork Enclosure Temple 111 — Armenia Region 3
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Temple-Universal
Earthwork Enclosure Temple 111 — Armenia Region 3 in Armenia Region 3, Armenia is a Bronze Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Hydraulic Reservoir Temple 91 — Armenia Region 7
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Temple-Universal
Hydraulic Reservoir Temple 91 — Armenia Region 7 in Armenia Region 7, Armenia is a Bronze Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Belevi Mausoleum — Ephesus Royal Tomb
Hellenistic (Lysimachus to Seleucid) · Hellenistic Macedonian-Anatolian
29-m Diadochi mausoleum 14 km NE Ephesus for Lysimachus/Antiochus II with 28 columns and griffin coffers, 301–246 BCE.
🇩🇰 Denmark · Ancient city
Gudme
Roman Iron Age → Migration 200–700 (Funen central place peak 300–500) · Funen Iron Age (Fyn central place; pre-Danish Gutar, ‘god's home’ sanctuary)
Gudme (Gudmehjem ‘God's Home’, Gudme–Lundeborg) — Iron Age central-place and beach market (Roman Iron Age 200–500 → Vendel 500–700, peak 300–500 Gundestrup?
🇮🇹 Italy · Temple complex
Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Eastern Outlier
Late Neolithic (4000-3200 BCE) · Ozieri Culture
Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Eastern Outlier in Sardinia, Sassari, Italy is a Late Neolithic (4000-3200 BCE) temple complex attributed to Ozieri Culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Temple complex
Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Northern Annex
Late Chalcolithic (4000-3200 BCE) · Uruk Period
Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Northern Annex in Al-Hasakah, Tell Brak, Syria is a Late Chalcolithic (4000-3200 BCE) temple complex attributed to Uruk Period.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Preah Vihear Temple Gopura III North
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Preah Vihear Temple Gopura III North in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
Gebel Barkal Temple B500 Terrace Annex
New Kingdom-Napatan (1500-500 BCE) · Napatan
Gebel Barkal Temple B500 Terrace Annex in Northern State, Karima, Sudan is a New Kingdom-Napatan (1500-500 BCE) temple complex attributed to Napatan.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Perge Artemis Temple East Stoa
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Perge Artemis Temple East Stoa in Antalya, Perge, Turkey is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
Fondukistan
Turk Shahi 699–752 CE → Umayyad–Ghaznavid 752 CE–1000 · Late Gandharan–Turk Shahi Buddhist (Kabul school post-Gandhara)
Ghorband conical-hill fortress monastery (699–752 CE) — earliest Turk Shahi polychrome stucco linking Bamyan to Kashmir after Arabs.