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🇬🇪 Georgia · Rock-cut
Iron Age to High Medieval (Kartli kingdom 300 BCE–1240 CE) · Kartli Iberian; pagan solar, then Christian Georgian (Bagrations), Zoroastrian? overlay
1000 BCE–13th c. Kartli city 150 caves on Mtkvari: sun temple, Tamar hall, qvevri wine, secret river channel.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Old Kingdom 5th Dynasty (2455–2425 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom solar cult)
Abu Ghurab Sun Temple of Niuserre (5th Dynasty, 2455–2425 BCE) is the best preserved of six sun temples (Userkaf and Niuserre survive).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Founder's pyramid of 5th Dynasty at Saqqara, 49 m base, 18 m high (originally 49 m), badly ruined rubble mound east of Djoser enclosure.
