🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Teos Theatre Terrace — Dionysus Sanctuary Overlook
Hellenistic to Roman (300 BCE – 300 CE) · Ionian Teian with Hellenistic king patronage
Upper terrace of Technitai Dionysus sanctuary above theatre and harbour.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Temple complex
Po Klong Garai Central Temple — Panduranga
Champa late (13th–14th c. CE) · Cham (Panduranga rump state)
Po Klong Garai Central Temple — Panduranga in Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam is a Champa late (13th–14th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Cham (Panduranga rump state).
🇱🇦 Laos · Temple complex
Vat Phou and Associated Settlements (Wat Phou)
Chenla to Khmer Empire 5th–12th c CE (peak 6th–12th c) · Khmer / Chenla Hindu (Shiva Lingaparvata)
Khmer linga sanctuary (5th–12th c) at foot of Phu Pasak sacred spring mountain, aligned 1.4 km axial processional causeway from Mekong baray to cliff-top shrine.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Temple complex
Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi
Gandhara Kushan 1st century BCE–5th century CE (peak 2nd–4th CE) · Gandhara Buddhist (Kushan patronage)
Gandhara Buddhist monastery perched 154 m above plain on rocky ridge, founded 1st c BCE and flourishing 1st–5th c CE Kushan.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Temple complex
My Son Sanctuary
Champa Kingdom 4th–13th c CE (peak 7th–12th c) · Cham Hindu (Shaiva, formerly Champa)
Champa Hindu temple valley (4th–13th c CE) with 70 red-brick Shaiva towers (kalan) along Thu Bon River, the longest continuous Hindu-Byzantine tradition in Vietnam.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Antaeopolis (Qaw el-Kebir Temple Town)
Old Kingdom to Late Antique (2700 BCE–7th c. CE) · Egyptian (nome capital)
Nome capital Tjebu with Ptolemy IV temple 18-column pronaos on high tell.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Beng Mealea — Outer Eastern Enclosure
Angkor Wat period (12th c. CE) · Khmer (Suryavarman II)
Beng Mealea — Outer Eastern Enclosure in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia is a Angkor Wat period (12th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Khmer (Suryavarman II).
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Historic Centre of Bukhara
Samanid to Shaybanid 9th–16th c (settled from 1st c CE) · Samanid / Qarakhanid / Shaybanid Islamic (Persian)
2000-year-old Silk Road oasis city preserved as intact medieval Islamic townscape with 140+ monuments.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Karahan Tepe — Urfa Plain
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9600–8000 BCE) · Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Karahan Tepe — Urfa Plain in Şanlıurfa Province, Tek Tek Mountains, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9600–8000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Pre-Pottery Neolithic culture.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
Takht-i Rustam — Haibak Fire Temple Stupa Complex
Kushan–Sasanian (200–600 CE) · Kushan fire temple blended Buddhist
Takht-i Rustam — Haibak Fire Temple Stupa Complex in Samangan Province, Afghanistan is a Kushan–Sasanian (200–600 CE) temple-complex attributed to Kushan fire temple blended Buddhist.
🇮🇱 Israel · Temple complex
Timna Valley Site 201 — Hathor Mining Temple Ravine
Late Bronze Age Egyptian Timna copper · Egyptian mining under Ramesses III
Timna Valley Site 201 — Hathor Mining Temple Ravine in Southern District, Israel is a Late Bronze Age Egyptian Timna copper temple-complex attributed to Egyptian mining under Ramesses III.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Konark Sun Temple
Eastern Ganga 1243–1255 CE · Odia / Kalinga Hindu (Surya)
13th-century (1243–1255 CE) Kalinga-style Sun temple built as colossal 30-m high chariot of Surya with 24 giant stone wheels (9.5 ft sundials) pulled by seven horses, originally 68 m shikhara…
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
Surkh Kotal — Baghlan Kushan Fire Temple
Kushan (130–230 CE Kanishka) · Kushan (Kanishka)
Surkh Kotal — Baghlan Kushan Fire Temple in Baghlan Province, Afghanistan is a Kushan (130–230 CE Kanishka) temple-complex attributed to Kushan (Kanishka).
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Temple complex
My Son Sanctuary Group B — Champa
Champa Kingdom (4th–13th c. CE) · Cham (Austroasiatic Hindu-Buddhist)
My Son Sanctuary Group B — Champa in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam is a Champa Kingdom (4th–13th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Cham (Austroasiatic Hindu-Buddhist).
🇸🇾 Syria · Temple complex
Tell Brak Nanna Temple — Eye Temple Annex
Jamdat Nasr–Early Dynastic (3200–2600 BCE) · Uruk expansion at Nagar
Tell Brak Nanna Temple — Eye Temple Annex in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria is a Jamdat Nasr–Early Dynastic (3200–2600 BCE) temple-complex attributed to Uruk expansion at Nagar.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Temple complex
Shāh-i-Zinda Necropolis
Qarakhanid to Timurid 11th–15th century CE · Qarakhanid / Timurid Islamic
Eleven medieval mausolea (11th–15th c) lining narrow alley on Afrasiyab tell above Samarkand, enshrining Kusam ibn Abbas (cousin of Prophet) and Timurid royal women and generals.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Temple complex
Fayaz Tepe — Termez Buddhist Stupa and Monastery
Kushan (1st–3rd c. CE) · Kushan Buddhist (Kanishka)
Fayaz Tepe — Termez Buddhist Stupa and Monastery in Surkhandarya Province, Uzbekistan is a Kushan (1st–3rd c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Kushan Buddhist (Kanishka).
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Phnom Chisor — Takeo Hill Temple
Angkor (11th c. CE) · Khmer (Suryavarman I)
Phnom Chisor — Takeo Hill Temple in Takeo Province, Cambodia is a Angkor (11th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Khmer (Suryavarman I).
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Sambor Prei Kuk N1 Tower Subgroup
Chenla (Isanapura) (616–635 CE) · Chenla (Isanavarman I)
Sambor Prei Kuk N1 Tower Subgroup in Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia is a Chenla (Isanapura) (616–635 CE) temple-complex attributed to Chenla (Isanavarman I).
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Ancient city
Ancient City of Polonnaruwa
Polonnaruwa Period 1070–1232 CE (Chola 993–1070 preceding) · Sinhalese / Chola Tamil Buddhist and Hindu
Second Sinhalese capital (1070–1232 CE) after Anuradhapura's sack, 12th c metropolis of Parakramabahu I with 3,400-ha Parakrama Samudra reservoir, Atadage Dalada Maligawa tooth relic temple, and Gal…
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Thommanon North Shrine — Annex
Angkor Wat period (1113–1150 CE) · Khmer Hindu (Suryavarman II)
Thommanon North Shrine — Annex in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia is a Angkor Wat period (1113–1150 CE) temple-complex attributed to Khmer Hindu (Suryavarman II).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Temple complex
Jerash North Theatre — Gerasa Extension
Roman to Byzantine (50–600 CE) · Roman Decapolis
Jerash North Theatre — Gerasa Extension in Jerash Governorate, Jordan is a Roman to Byzantine (50–600 CE) temple-complex attributed to Roman Decapolis.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Malia Palace
Minoan 1900–1450 BCE · Minoan
Third Minoan palace with mysterious kernos stones for ritual offerings.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
Early Hindu 8th–11th c + Gujarat Sultanate 1484–1535 CE · Rajput / Chalukya Hindu + Gujarat Sultanate Islamic
Concentrated ensemble of 8th–16th c heritage within 1,329 ha: Chalukya hill fort and Lakulisa temples on Pavagadh (737 m cone), and Sultanate Champaner – pre-Mughal Islamic city (1484–1535) of Mahmud…