🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Sechín Bajo Temple Mound
Early Horizon · Andean
Earliest Andean pyramid Sechín Bajo (3500 BCE) two-storey temple 150×120 m with plaza and friezes of dugout, cradle, Old Temple.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Chau Say Tevoda East Gopura Annex
Angkor Wat period (12th c. CE) · Khmer (Suryavarman II)
Chau Say Tevoda East Gopura Annex in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia is a Angkor Wat period (12th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Khmer (Suryavarman II).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Brak — Nagar Outer City Eye Temple
Ubaid to Mitanni (6500–1200 BCE) · Uruk/Mitanni
Tell Brak — Nagar Outer City Eye Temple in Hasakah Governorate, Khabur plain, Syria is a Ubaid to Mitanni (6500–1200 BCE) tell attributed to Uruk/Mitanni culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Hawelti — Melazo Aksumite Center
Proto-Aksumite (500 BCE–100 CE) · Hawelti-Melazo (Pre-Aksumite to Aksumite transition)
Hawelti — Melazo Aksumite Center in Tigray Region, Ethiopia is a Proto-Aksumite (500 BCE–100 CE) temple-complex attributed to Hawelti-Melazo (Pre-Aksumite to Aksumite transition).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Temple complex
Khirbet et-Tannur — Mountain Shrine
Nabataean (7 BCE–250 CE) · Nabataean
Khirbet et-Tannur — Mountain Shrine in Tafilah Governorate, Edom Mountains, Jordan is a Nabataean (7 BCE–250 CE) temple complex attributed to Nabataean culture.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Sarnath
Mauryan 3rd c BCE to Gupta 12th c CE (original 528 BCE) · Indian Buddhist (Mauryan, Gupta)
Sacred Buddhist deer park where Buddha gave first sermon Dhammacakkappavattana 528 BCE setting Wheel of Dharma in motion.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Abu Ghurab Sun Temple
Old Kingdom · Egyptian
Sun temple of Userkaf and Nyuserre at Abu Ghurab (5th Dynasty) open court with 20 m obelisk and alabaster altar, solar cult.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Antiphellos — Habessos Theatre Terraces
Lycian / Hellenistic (500 BCE–100 CE) · Lycian–Hellenistic
Antiphellos — Habessos Theatre Terraces in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian / Hellenistic (500 BCE–100 CE) temple-complex attributed to Lycian–Hellenistic.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Group of Monuments at Hampi (Vijayanagara)
Vijayanagara Empire 1336–1565 CE (Sangama to Tuluva) · Vijayanagara Hindu (Telugu-Kannada)
Ruined imperial capital of Vijayanagara Empire (1336–1565 CE) sprawling 25 km² on Tungabhadra River among boulder hills.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Temple complex
Po Nagar Tower B — Nha Trang North Shrine
Champa (8th–13th c. CE) · Cham (Po Nagar cult)
Po Nagar Tower B — Nha Trang North Shrine in Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam is a Champa (8th–13th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Cham (Po Nagar cult).
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Koh Ker — Prasat Thom Annex Terrace
Angkor Koh Ker (921–944 CE) · Khmer (Jayavarman IV)
Koh Ker — Prasat Thom Annex Terrace in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia is a Angkor Koh Ker (921–944 CE) temple-complex attributed to Khmer (Jayavarman IV).
🇸🇾 Syria · Temple complex
Tell Qaramel — PPNA Sanctuary
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (12000–8650 BCE) · PPNA
Tell Qaramel — PPNA Sanctuary in Aleppo Governorate, Queiq plain, Syria is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (12000–8650 BCE) temple complex attributed to PPNA culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Channal
Late Classic Rio Bec 550–800 CE · Maya (Rio Bec)
Mid-size Rio Bec forest palace 7 km S of Okolhuitz on Becán–Hormiguero track. Structure II combines Chenes monster mask lower register with Rio Bec twin towers upper, indicating stylistic hybridity.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Arad — Negev Fortresses
Chalcolithic to Iron Age (4000–600 BCE) · Canaanite/Israelite
Tel Arad — Negev Fortresses in Southern District, Negev, Israel is a Chalcolithic to Iron Age (4000–600 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite/Israelite culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
West Mebon — West Baray Island Temple
Angkor (11th c. CE) · Khmer (Udayadityavarman II)
West Mebon — West Baray Island Temple in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia is a Angkor (11th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Khmer (Udayadityavarman II).
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Temple complex
Jaulian Monastery Northern Courtyard Extension
Kushan (2nd c CE) · Gandhara Buddhist
Jaulian Monastery Northern Courtyard Extension in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Kushan (2nd c CE) temple-complex attributed to Gandhara Buddhist.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Temple complex
La Blanca Acropolis – Mopán Valley
Classic · Maya/Andean
La Blanca — Mopán River vaulted acropolis.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Phimeanakas North Terrace — Royal Palace Annex
Angkor (10th–11th c. CE) · Khmer (Suryavarman I)
Phimeanakas North Terrace — Royal Palace Annex in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia is a Angkor (10th–11th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Khmer (Suryavarman I).
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Temple complex
Balalyk Tepe — Bactrian Mural Mountain Hall
Hephthalite–Early Islamic (500–700 CE) · Bactrian Hephthalite (Balalyk)
Balalyk Tepe — Bactrian Mural Mountain Hall in Surkhandarya Province, Uzbekistan is a Hephthalite–Early Islamic (500–700 CE) temple-complex attributed to Bactrian Hephthalite (Balalyk).
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Knossos Palace
Minoan Neopalatial 1700–1450 BCE, origin 1900 BCE Old Palace · Minoan civilization
Minoan palatial maze of 1300 rooms - Labyrinth origin and Europe's first advanced palace.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Warka Uruk — Anu South Precinct
Uruk (4000–3100 BCE) · Sumerian
Warka Uruk — Anu South Precinct in Muthanna Governorate, Warka (Uruk), Iraq is a Uruk (4000–3100 BCE) temple complex attributed to Sumerian culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Phnom Banan — Battambang Hill Temple
Angkor (11th c. CE) · Khmer (Udayadityavarman II)
Phnom Banan — Battambang Hill Temple in Battambang Province, Cambodia is a Angkor (11th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Khmer (Udayadityavarman II).
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
Tepe Maranjan — Kabul Stupa Hill
Kushan–Hephtalite (200–500 CE) · Kabul Buddhist (Kushan–Hephthalite transition)
Tepe Maranjan — Kabul Stupa Hill in Kabul Province, Afghanistan is a Kushan–Hephtalite (200–500 CE) temple-complex attributed to Kabul Buddhist (Kushan–Hephthalite transition).
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Phaistos Palace
Minoan 1900–1400 BCE, peak Neopalatial · Minoan
Minoan hilltop palace where undeciphered Phaistos Disc was found in 1908.