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🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Edfu — Horus Temple North Pylon Ancillary in Aswan, Edfu, Horus Temple, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Old–N…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Chalcolithic to Phrygian (c.4500–700 BCE; peak EB III and Hittite Empire) · Hattian → Hittite (Nesite) → Phrygian
Hattian–Hittite fortified city with Sphinx Gate and Early Bronze royal tombs rich in solar-disk bronzes.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Kalabsha — Mandulis Temple North Pylon (Nubia) in Aswan, Kalabsha, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Old–New Ki…
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Olympia — Workshop of Phidias North Room in Western Greece, Elis, Olympia, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed …
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Minoan Palatial (2700–1450 BCE) · Minoan
Knossos — Little Palace North Adyton (Heraklion, Crete) in Crete, Heraklion, Knossos Little Palace, Greece is a Minoan Palatial (2700–1450 BCE) temple comp…
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Delphi — Marmaria Tholos Ancillary Terrace in Central Greece, Phocis, Delphi, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attribut…
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Ancient port
Late Bronze to Phoenician (13th c. BCE Kition 1400 BCE Achaean; Phoenician 800 BCE Astarte temple 700 BCE; Bamboula war harbour 5th c. BCE ship sheds) · Phoenician Kition (Astarte 800 BCE Sargon II 709 steward of Kition) and later Greek
Kition Karageorghis 1970s Bamboula ship sheds.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Angkor Early 967 CE · Hindu Shaiva (Brahmin Yajnavaraha)
Pink sandstone Hindu temple (967 CE) dedicated to Shiva Tribhuvanamaheshvara, built by Brahmin guru Yajnavaraha — only Angkor temple not founded by king — miniature (base 500×500 m laterite…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Priene — Athena Temple North Column in Aydın, Söke, Priene Athena, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Multi…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Iron Age IIB (single-period) · Kingdom of Israel/Judah (Israelite)
Desert Israelite fortress (c.800 BCE) with 'YHWH and his Asherah' inscriptions and Bes frescoes.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Ptolemaic to Roman (54 BCE–117 CE major phase; origins Old Kingdom c.2250 BCE) · Egyptian (Late/Ptolemaic, Roman)
One of Egypt's best-preserved Ptolemaic-Roman temple complexes, the 40,000 m² walled Dendera enclosure centres on the Temple of Hathor (54 BCE) with 24 Hathor-headed columns, famed zodiac ceiling…
🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut
Gaochang to Yuan 500–1300 CE · Uyghur Buddhist (ancient Uyghur–Tocharian)
Turpan depression Uyghur Buddhist cliff with 77 donor-portrait caves below sea level.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
PPNA to Early PPNB · Upper Tigris PPN (Göbekli sphere northern fringe)
Upper Tigris PPNA village with three T-pillar buildings and skull cult, salvage-saved from Ambar Dam.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Estakhr — Fire Temple North Platform (Fars) in Fars, Estakhr, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Multi-period…
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (Uruk to ED) · Proto-Elamite / Jemdet Nasr
Early highland proto-ziggurat at Tepe Musiyan, Deh Luran — 50×70 m oval platform c.3100 BCE linking Uruk Susiana to Elamite highland terraces.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Bagratid (874 Princess Mariam Bagratuni Ashot I's daughter exile dedication 3 churches on island fortress after Arab rule) · Armenian Bagratid Mariam (sister of Ashot I) 874 peninsular rock fortress
Sevan 874 Mariam excavated by Arakelyan, island fort peninsula after 1930s hydropower drawdown.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Classical 429–400 BCE · Ancient Greek Arcadian (Phigalian)
Iktinos' mountain Apollo temple mixing all three orders with earliest Corinthian capital.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom founder (Amenhotep III c.1380 BCE) revived 25th Dynasty Taharqo 690 BCE to Meroitic · Kushite (Napatan 25th Dynasty, Taharqo) Egyptianised
Large Kushite temple complex on east bank north of Dongola plain, with Temple T (Taharqo, 690 BCE, 40×30 m sandstone pylon), Temple A (Amenhotep III) and extensive town with pyramidal tombs south.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Moche (Mochica) 100–800 CE (Huaca de la Luna 100–600 CE; Sol 450–600 CE peak) · Moche (Moche culture)
Twin massive adobe pyramid complexes of Moche state (100–800 CE): Huaca del Sol 43 m high (185 × 41 m base, largest pre-Columbian adobe mass in Americas, 143 million bricks stamped with maker's…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Ptolemaic (237–57 BCE) · Ptolemaic Egyptian (Hellenistic Pharaonic)
Best-preserved temple in Egypt: Ptolemaic Temple of Horus built 237–57 BCE (180 years) after plan of Old Kingdom then New Kingdom prototypes, buried by Nile silt and desert sand until re-excavated by…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hellenistic to Late Roman ~300 BCE–395 CE · Greek (Colophonian) then Roman Ionian
Underground water-oracle of Apollo where prophet drank sacred pool to versify prophecies.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Medieval (9th c. church St Paul-Peter 895–906; 11th c. Surb Astvatsatsin; Gavazan column 895) · Armenian Syunik princes medieval scriptorium (14th c. Tatev University 1373–1435)
Tatev Wings tram 5.7 km 2010, excavated Soviet, university 1373 Tatev School of lord.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hellenistic to Roman Imperial 281 BCE–300 CE · Seleucid Greek over Carian; later Roman
Seleucid league city and Hekate crossroads sanctuary linked by 8 km sacred way with frieze.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Old Babylonian to Neo-Babylonian (Hammurabi to Nebuchadnezzar II peak 605–562 BCE) · Babylonian (Borsippa)
Mighty 7-stage ziggurat dedicated to Nabu (god of writing, son of Marduk), rival to Babylon's Etemenanki as 'Temple that Exalts Nabu' E-zida.
