🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
El Perú-Waka' Pyramids
Maya Classic · Maya Waka' kingdom (Calakmul ally)
Maya royal city Waka' (El Perú) above San Juan River: 18 m Stela Plaza north pyramid, tomb of Lady K'abel (Stela 34) Kalakmul queen, 250–900 CE.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
Halud Vihara — Ancillary Cell Block North (Naogaon)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Halud Vihara — Ancillary Cell Block North (Naogaon) in Rajshahi, Naogaon, Halud Vihara, Bangladesh is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple co…
🇮🇱 Israel · Temple complex
Kfar HaHoresh Cult Enclosure Galilee
PPNB · PPNB cult
Kfar HaHoresh Cult Enclosure Galilee at Galilee, Nazareth, Israel is a PPNB temple complex of the PPNB cult tradition, built c. 8800 BCE for ppnb mortuary cult enclosure 30 pillars.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
Great Bayuda Mound Inner — Bayuda (57-31)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Great Bayuda Mound Inner — Bayuda (57-31) at Bayuda, Sudan is a Iron Age (regional) temple complex of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Ayanlar Höyük (Gre Hut)
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A to early PPNB · Taş Tepeler / Upper Euphrates PPN
Taş Tepeler megasite (14 ha) with T-pillars 30 km west of Şanlıurfa, unexcavated Göbekli-contemporary.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Yayvan Tepe Central Tek Tek
PPNB · Taş Tepeler
Yayvan Tepe Central Tek Tek at Şanlıurfa, Yayvan Tepe, Turkey is a PPNB temple complex of the Taş Tepeler tradition, built c. 8300 BCE for central stone hill plaster floors stair.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Bharhut Stupa
Shunga 187–78 BCE · Shunga (Maurya successors)
Great Shunga Buddhist stupa (c.150 BCE) whose 8 m-high gateway and 3.2 m limestone railing — longest early Indian stone railing (40 m diameter stupa) — was dismantled in 1873–76 by Cunningham and is…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Oymaağaç Höyük (ancient Nerik)
Early Bronze to Iron Age (3000–600 BCE; peak Hittite Empire 1400–1180 BCE) · Hattian → Hittite → Kaška → Phrygian
Holy city Nerik — storm-god temple over sacred spring tunnel, lost to Kaška then re-excavated.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Temple complex
Petra — Qasr al-Bint North Podium Niche
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Petra — Qasr al-Bint North Podium Niche in Ma'an, Petra, Qasr al-Bint, Jordan is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to M…
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Agora of Athens — Hephaisteion North Frieze
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Agora of Athens — Hephaisteion North Frieze in Attica, Athens, Agora, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Mu…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Xultun — Los Arboles Pyramid and Acropolis (Petén, Guatemala)
Maya Preclassic to Late Classic (400 BCE–900 CE) · Maya (Petén lowland)
Massive Classic Maya city 16 km NE of San Bartolo (400 BCE–900 CE) with 5 km² settlement and 35 m-high Lost World pyramid (12H3, 50x20 m base, 26 m high, 5 phases).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Nimrud — Nabu Temple North Ancillary Shrine (Kalhu)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Nimrud — Nabu Temple North Ancillary Shrine (Kalhu) in Nineveh, Nimrud, Iraq is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Mu…
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Temple complex
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
Yoruba Classic to Modern (400 BP–present) · Yoruba (Ife–Oyo)
Osun-Osogbo is the 75 ha sacred primary high forest along Osun River (buffer 47 ha) Yoruba goddess Osun's abode, UNESCO 2005 criteria ii, iii, vi.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Bassae — Apollo Temple North Colonnade (Arcadia)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Bassae — Apollo Temple North Colonnade (Arcadia) in Peloponnese, Arcadia, Bassae, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attr…
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Chogha Zanbil — Middle Court Ancillary (Elamite Ziggurat)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Chogha Zanbil — Middle Court Ancillary (Elamite Ziggurat) in Khuzestan, Shush, Chogha Zanbil, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple co…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Naranjo (Sa'al) Pyramids
Maya Classic (Late Classic apogee) · Maya (Sa'al kingdom)
Classic Maya capital Sa'al (Naranjo) hilltop city: 32 m triadic Acropolis pyramid, hieroglyphic stairways of Lady Six Sky's wars with Tikal/Calakmul 500 BCE–950 CE.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Sounion — Poseidon Temple North Peristasis
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Sounion — Poseidon Temple North Peristasis in Attica, Cape Sounion, Poseidon Temple, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex a…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Kurt Tepe South Stone Hills
PPNA · Taş Tepeler
Kurt Tepe South Stone Hills at Şanlıurfa, Kurt Tepe, Turkey is a PPNA temple complex of the Taş Tepeler tradition, built c. 9500 BCE for southernmost stone hill lion statue.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Labraunda — Andron B North Terrace
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Labraunda — Andron B North Terrace in Muğla, Milas, Labraunda, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Multi-per…
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Tōdai-ji — North Gate Ancillary Kaidan (Nara)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Tōdai-ji — North Gate Ancillary Kaidan (Nara) in Nara, Nara, Tōdai-ji, Japan is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Mu…
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Asuka-dera — East Kondo Platform (Nara, Asuka)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Asuka-dera — East Kondo Platform (Nara, Asuka) in Nara, Asuka, Asuka-dera, Japan is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed t…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Temple complex
Byblos — Obelisk Temple North Altar
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Byblos — Obelisk Temple North Altar in Mount Lebanon, Byblos, Obelisk Temple, Lebanon is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attribu…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Karnak — Ptah Temple North Ancillary Chapel (Thebes)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Karnak — Ptah Temple North Ancillary Chapel (Thebes) in Luxor, Karnak, Ptah Temple, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attribu…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Laodicea — Zeus Temple North Column (Denizli, Lykos)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Laodicea — Zeus Temple North Column (Denizli, Lykos) in Denizli, Laodicea, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed …