Temple complexes

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Barri — Kahat Ishtar Temple Terrace

Early Bronze to Islamic (2900 BCE–1000 CE) · Hurrian (Kahat) → Assyrian Kahat

Kahat excavated by Pecorella 1980–, Ishtar temple with votive plaques and Neo-Assyrian palace of Adad-nirari I.

🇬🇪 Georgia · Temple complex

Batumi Mosque

The Batumi Mosque (Georgian: ბათუმის მეჩეთი) is a mosque in Batumi, Adjara, Georgia. Batumi is a home to a sizable Muslim community.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city

Kabah Archaeological Zone

Maya Late Classic 300–1000 CE · Maya (Puuc, Uxmal polity)

Palace of Masks 250 Chaac masks, 18 km sacbé 800–950 CE, UNESCO 1996.

🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex

Phaistos Palace

Minoan 1900–1400 BCE, peak Neopalatial · Minoan

Minoan hilltop palace where undeciphered Phaistos Disc was found in 1908.

🇱🇧 Lebanon · Temple complex

Baalbek — Heliopolis Trilithon & Temple

Roman (27 BCE–300 CE) · Roman

Baalbek — Heliopolis Trilithon & Temple in Baalbek-Hermel, Beqaa, Lebanon is a Roman (27 BCE–300 CE) temple complex attributed to Roman culture.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex

Xpujil Group B

Late Classic Rio Bec 600–900 CE · Maya (Rio Bec)

Group B 500 m south of Xpujil’s iconic Structure I (three-temple pyramid): twin-tower Structure II 9 m high with Rio Bec false stairs, courtyard and vaulted residential palace.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex

Kohunlich

Classic · Maya/Andean

Kohunlich — Temple of the Masks 5×2 m stucco.

🇮🇱 Israel · Temple complex

Oboda Theatre Annex — Avdat North

Nabataean–Roman (50 CE theatre of Aretas IV?) · Nabataean (Obodas god-king)

Oboda Theatre Annex — Avdat North in Southern District, Israel is a Nabataean–Roman (50 CE theatre of Aretas IV?) temple-complex attributed to Nabataean (Obodas god-king).

🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress

Zerzevan Castle — Mithraeum on Frontier Limes

Roman (4th c. CE Severan) to Byzantine · Roman Eastern limes

Diyarbakır frontier fort excavated by Coşkun 2014–, easternmost confirmed Mithraeum, Sassanid siege evidence 359 CE.

🇻🇳 Vietnam · Temple complex

Bang An Tower — Dien Ban

Champa (12th c. CE) · Cham

Bang An Tower — Dien Ban in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam is a Champa (12th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Cham. Octagonal brick tower with unique 8-sided plan among Cham towers (like Phu Dien).

🇵🇰 Pakistan · Temple complex

Butkara III — Swat Buddhist Stupa North Annex

Mauryan to Hindu Shahi (300 BCE–1000 CE) · Gandhara Buddhist

Butkara III — Swat Buddhist Stupa North Annex in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Mauryan to Hindu Shahi (300 BCE–1000 CE) temple-complex attributed to Gandhara Buddhist.

🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex

Havuts Tar Monastery — Dual Hill Forest Refuge

Early Medieval to late Medieval (10th–13th c.; main St Amenaprkich 1013, Surb Karapet 13th) · Bagratid-Zakarian 1013–13th forest monastery

Havuts Tar 1013 burnt 2017 Khosrov fire damaged.

🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex

Kakrak Stupa — Bamyan Valley Stupa

Kushan–Gupta influenced (300–600 CE) · Bamyan Buddhist

Kakrak Stupa — Bamyan Valley Stupa in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan is a Kushan–Gupta influenced (300–600 CE) temple-complex attributed to Bamyan Buddhist.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city

Sayil Archaeological Zone

Maya Late Classic 700–1000 CE · Maya (Puuc)

70 m Gran Palacio 90 rooms, Puuc 800–1000 CE.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex

Chacmultún East

Late Classic Puuc 600–900 CE with Postclassic cave shrine reuse · Maya (Puuc cave shrine)

Hilltop Puuc palace above sacred caves of Chacmultún with permanent water pools and Postclassic red hand cave paintings.

🇮🇩 Indonesia · Megalith

Gunung Padang

Late prehistory to early classical; accepted 2000 BCE–1500 CE oral claims; controversial Pleistocene claim 25,000 BCE · Austronesian / Sundanese prehistoric; possibly pre-Hindu Javanese

Stepped hilltop punden berundak (terraced pyramid) with five basalt column terraces, retaining walls and standing stones covering 150×45 m at 885 m elevation; upper structures dated 45 BCE–22 CE,…