🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Sanctuary of Demeter at Knidos
Classical to Hellenistic (350–100 BCE peak) · Dorian Greek (Knidian polis)
Peninsula-tip Demeter terrace Doric prostylos with thesmophoria pits and Knidos double harbour.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Uruk Anu Ziggurat Stone Cone Temple
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Uruk Anu Ziggurat Stone Cone Temple in Muthanna, Warka, Iraq is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Letoon Temple of Leto South Altar
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Letoon Temple of Leto South Altar in Muğla, Letoon, Turkey is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Temple complex
Marib Awwam Temple Oval Sanctuary
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Marib Awwam Temple Oval Sanctuary in Ma'rib, Marib, Yemen is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Musawwarat es-Sufra — Great Enclosure (Butana Steppe, Sudan)
Meroitic (300 BCE–350 CE) · Kushite (Meroitic)
Enigmatic Meroitic 3rd-century BCE–1st-century CE sandstone temple complex 25 km from Nile in Butana steppe, 180 km NE of Khartoum and 20 km north of Naqa.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Chavín de Huántar
Early Horizon / Formative 1200–500 BCE (Old Temple 1200–900, New Temple 750–500 BCE) · Chavín (Early Horizon Andean formative tradition, culmination of Kotosh-Urabarriu)
Andean Formative mother temple (1200–500 BCE) at 3,180 m near Cordillera Blanca with U-shaped Old Temple (1000×100 m) and New Temple Plaza, Lanzón monolith (4.53 m granite anthropomorphic feline with…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Willkawaín (Wilkawain) — Wari-Rucu Pyramid Temple (Caleyón de Huaylas, Ancash, Peru)
Middle Horizon (600–800 CE), Recuay–Wari · Recuay (Pashash)–Wari (Huari)
Three-storey subterranean-tower pyramid-mausoleum (12 m high, 18x18 m square) of Recuay (Pashash) then Wari-Tiwanaku horizon (600–800 CE) in Callejón de Huaylas at 3400 m, built of dressed white…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
El Zapotal
Classic Veracruz (600 – 900 CE) · Classic Veracruz
El Zapotal in Veracruz, Mexico is a Classic Veracruz (600 – 900 CE) temple complex attributed to Classic Veracruz culture.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
Surkh Kotal Fire Temple
Kushan 2nd c CE (Kanishka) · Kushan imperial dynastic — Bactrian fire cult with Hellenistic architecture
Surkh Kotal Fire Temple — Kushan dynastic sanctuary (2nd c CE Kanishka period) on Surkh Kotal hill 18 km NE Puli Khumri, excavated 1952–63 by D. Schlumberger (DAFA).
🇸🇪 Sweden · Ancient city
Uppåkra
Scandinavian Iron Age 100 BCE–1000 CE (Roman → Viking) · South Scandinavian Iron Age (Scania central place; proto-Danish)
Uppåkra — South Scandinavian Iron Age central place (c.100 BCE–1000 CE, 40 ha, 1,000-year continuity) 5 km south Lund, Scania's pre-urban precursor.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Pol Box
Late Preclassic – Terminal Classic (c.300 BCE–950 CE) Río Bec – Chenes transition · Maya (Río Bec–Chenes–Peten fringe)
Pol Box is a jungle pyramid town on the karst plateau 48 km south-southwest of Xpujil in the Calakmul Biosphere fringe, Campeche, at 260 m.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Tenayuca Double-Stair Pyramid (El Cerrito)
Late Postclassic Aztec (Chichimec-Mexica) · Chichimec / Aztec (Tenayuca-Culhua-Mexica)
Aztec double-stair serpent pyramid Tenayuca (1224–1500 CE): 21 m six-stage twin-shrine pyramid encircled by 138 coiled serpent heads wall, INAH sequential casing showcase.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
Tepe Narenj (Narenj Hill)
Hephthalite 5–6 c. → Turk Shahi 7–8 c. · Late Gandhara–Hephthalite Buddhist (Kabul school stucco)
Kabul 5–6 c. Buddhist monastery on Narenj Hill above Qol lake — stucco king-bodhisattva and 5 stupas, Turk Shahi Buddhism.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hyllarima Temple of Zeus Hyllos — Kavaklıdere Upland
Classical to Roman · Carian, Hellenistic
850-m Kavaklıdere upland Zeus Hyllos 2nd BCE prostylos with agora odeion, Chrysaoric League pastoral city.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Tell Harmal (Shaduppum) — Old Babylonian Ramp Mound & Temple Platform
Old Babylonian (Isin-Larsa) 1950–1750 BCE · Babylonian (Isin-Larsa)
Old Babylonian fortified administrative town (c.1900–1750 BCE, Isin-Larsa to Hammurabi era) now Tell Harmal on Baghdad's eastern edge, dominated by central 25x25 m raised temple platform (ziggurat…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Nakbe Structure 1 Pyramid (Kan Mirador)
Late Preclassic (Mirador Basin Preclassic) · Maya (Preclassic Mirador)
Preclassic 400 BCE giant triadic pyramid Structure 1 at Nakbe — 45 m high Mirador Basin predecessor to El Mirador, earliest Maya monumental pyramid.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Temple complex
Western Great Zimbabwe Hilltop South — Great Zimbabwe (57-11)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Western Great Zimbabwe Hilltop South — Great Zimbabwe (57-11) at Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe is a Early Historic (regional) temple complex of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇮🇹 Italy · Temple complex
Santa Cristina Well Sanctuary — Paulilatino, Sardinia
Final Bronze to Early Iron Age (c.1200–800 BCE) · Nuragic (Final Bronze–Early Iron)
The Santa Cristina well temple (Final Bronze–Early Iron Age, c.1200–800 BCE) near Paulilatino is Sardinia's finest nuragic well sanctuary: a perfect keyhole stair 12 m deep with 25 basalt steps…
🇧🇸 Bahamas · Temple complex
Mill Reef – Bimini Second Phantom Stones Claim
Pseudoarchaeology 1975 Valentine claim (claimed 10,000 BCE Atlantis) · Valentine UFO/Atlantis proponents
1975 claim second Bimini 'Mill Reef wall' 1.5 km north of Road — seasonal beachrock sill disproved by worm tubes.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Ziggurat of Larsa
Old Babylonian / Isin-Larsa Period · Amorite Babylonian (Larsa)
Amorite ziggurat of sun-god Shamash at Larsa (Tell Senkerah) c.1950–1760 BCE: 70 × 40 m Ebabbara complex, capital of Isin-Larsa kingdom before Hammurabi.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Outer Chaco Canyon Village West — Chaco Canyon (55-39)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Outer Chaco Canyon Village West — Chaco Canyon (55-39) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Askut Island Fortress — Middle Kingdom Fortified Granary Mound
Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom (1850–1000 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Middle Kingdom–New Kingdom)
Rectangular island fortress (c.1850 BCE, renovated through New Kingdom) on second cataract islet, granary and customs depot between Semna and Mirgissa.
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Tell Ajaja (Ancient Shadikanni) — Neo-Assyrian Palace Mound and Temple Terrace
Early Bronze to Neo-Assyrian (2500–609 BCE) · Hurrian–Mitanni to Neo-Assyrian
Multi-period tell 30 m high on Khabur bend, capital of Shadikanni kingdom (1050–600 BCE) succeeded by Neo-Assyrian palace terrace (Adad-nirari II to Ashurbanipal).
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Honcopampa — Recuay-Wari Pyramid Platform Town (Ancash, Peru)
Early Intermediate to Middle Horizon (400–800 CE) · Recuay (Pashash)–Wari
High puna fortified town (400–800 CE) of Recuay then Wari, built as terraced pyramidal platform town with 4+ stone masonry pyramids (8–12 m high, 20–30 m per side) capped by elite halls and…