🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 905
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 905 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Tiwanaku
Formative to Tiwanaku Period 300–1000 CE (flourishing 500–950) · Tiwanaku Empire
Capital of Tiwanaku Empire (300–1000 CE) on Altiplano near Lake Titicaca at 3,850 m, featuring Akapana pyramid, Kalasasaya enclosure, and Gateway of the Sun carved from single andesite blocks…
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 662
Moche (100-800 CE) · Moche
Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 662 in La Libertad, Peru is a Moche (100-800 CE) temple-complex.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Temple complex
Petra – Al-Khazneh & Ad-Deir Precincts
Nabataean 1st c BCE–1st c CE · Nabataean
Detailed precinct within Petra (already listed as city) – but as distinct temple elaboration: Al-Khazneh 40 m façade and Ad-Deir 50 m, both tombs-temples with Hellenistic façades.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Temple of Olympian Zeus (Olympieion)
Archaic to Roman Imperial (638-year build) · Athenian tyranny, Hellenistic Seleucid, Roman Imperial
638-year colossal: Pisistratid → Antiochus–Cossutius → Hadrian, 8×20 Corinthian 17 m columns, largest mainland.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Karahan Tepe Pillared Structure East Ridge — Eastern Outlier
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9500-8500 BCE) · Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Karahan Tepe Pillared Structure East Ridge — Eastern Outlier in Southeastern Anatolia, Sanliurfa, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9500-8500 BCE) temple complex attributed to Pre-Pottery Neolithic.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Gobekli Tepe Enclosure F Annex East — Western Terrace
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9600-8800 BCE) · Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Gobekli Tepe Enclosure F Annex East — Western Terrace in Southeastern Anatolia, Sanliurfa, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9600-8800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Pre-Pottery Neolithic.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Las Aldas
Late Preceramic – Initial Period (c.2500–1000 BCE) – Casma-Sechín · Casma-Sechín (Preceramic to Initial)
Las Aldas is a monumental U-shaped temple-plaza on a coastal eolian terrace at Casma, Ancash, at 30 m above the Pacific.
🇲🇹 Malta · Temple complex
Tarxien Central Temple Outlier Court — Eastern Outlier
Late Neolithic Temple Period (3600-2500 BCE) · Temple Period
Tarxien Central Temple Outlier Court — Eastern Outlier in Malta, Tarxien, Malta is a Late Neolithic Temple Period (3600-2500 BCE) temple complex attributed to Temple Period.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
Jagaddala Mahavihara
Late Pala (1077–1161 CE) to Sena transition · Late Pala Vajrayana (Varendra)
Last great Pala mahavihara (1077–1200 CE)—110×100 m cruciform mound, Ramapala's revival, Tibetan-cited.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Uruk Anu Ziggurat Terrace North Annex — Southern Extension
Late Chalcolithic (4000-3100 BCE) · Uruk Period
Uruk Anu Ziggurat Terrace North Annex — Southern Extension in Al Muthanna, Warka, Iraq is a Late Chalcolithic (4000-3100 BCE) ancient city attributed to Uruk Period.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Uruk Anu Ziggurat Terrace North Annex — Western Terrace
Late Chalcolithic (4000-3100 BCE) · Uruk Period
Uruk Anu Ziggurat Terrace North Annex — Western Terrace in Al Muthanna, Warka, Iraq is a Late Chalcolithic (4000-3100 BCE) ancient city attributed to Uruk Period.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Meenakshi Temple Thousand Pillar Hall South
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Meenakshi Temple Thousand Pillar Hall South in Tamil Nadu, Madurai, India is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hierapolis Apollo Temple Plutonion Entrance
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Hierapolis Apollo Temple Plutonion Entrance in Denizli, Hierapolis, Turkey is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient port
Xcaret
Postclassic (c.1200–1519 CE) East Coast – Mayapan league; Late Classic hamlet antecedents · Maya (East Coast Coastal)
Xcaret (ancient Polé) is the walled Postclassic port-temple town on a Caribbean caleta 5 km south of Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, at 8 m.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Satdhara
Mauryan 3rd c BCE → Sunga–Gupta 2nd c BCE–6th c CE · Mauryan → Sunga → Gupta
Sanchi's western gate — 60-stupa Halali cluster with 30 m Great Stupa and Sariputra relics (9 km W).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Alinda Temple of Apollo — Karpuzlu Hilltop Agora
Hekatomnid to Hellenistic · Hekatomnid Carian, Hellenistic
Karpuzlu 350-m hilltop with 2-column Apollo prostylos and 3-km Hekatomnid walls, Queen Ada's refuge 340 BCE.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hattusa Great Temple Storage Magazine 12
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Hattusa Great Temple Storage Magazine 12 in Çorum, Boğazköy, Turkey is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Medinet Habu Mortuary Temple Pylon II
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Medinet Habu Mortuary Temple Pylon II in Luxor, Medinet Habu, Egypt is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇲🇹 Malta · Temple complex
Ggantija North Temple Forecourt — Southern Extension
Late Neolithic (3600-3200 BCE) · Temple Period
Ggantija North Temple Forecourt — Southern Extension in Malta, Gozo, Malta is a Late Neolithic (3600-3200 BCE) temple complex attributed to Temple Period.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Xanthos Temple of Nereids Podium
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Xanthos Temple of Nereids Podium in Antalya, Xanthos, Turkey is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Temple complex
Prang Sam Yot Central Tower Lopburi
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Prang Sam Yot Central Tower Lopburi in Lopburi, Thailand is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Tikal Mundo Perdido Pyramid 5D-87 (Lost World)
Preclassic to Early Classic (Mundo Perdido phase) · Maya (Preclassic Tikal)
Tikal’s earliest pyramid — Mundo Perdido 5D-87 — 30 m Preclassic E-Group astronomical pyramid 67 m base c.100 BCE, ancestor to Tikal’s dynastic pyramids.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Temple complex
My Son Expanded
Champa Indianized 4th–13th c CE (Mỹ Sơn Phase A–H) · Champa (Austronesian Indianized, Saiva-Brahmanical)
UNESCO Champa valley 70 sanctuaries — Mỹ Sơn groups A–H (4th–13th c) with Thu Bồn dam in 2×2 km bowl.