As of 2026-10-12, Ġgantija tops the list with 3,600 BC.
- #1 Ġgantija — 3,600 BC
megalithic temple complex from the Neolithic on the Mediterranean island of Gozo
Ġgantija is a megalithic temple complex from the Neolithic era, on the Mediterranean island of Gozo in Malta. The Ġgantija temples are the earliest of the Megalithic Temples of Malta and are older than the pyramids of Egypt. Their makers erected the two Ġgantija temples during the Neolithic, which makes these temples more than 5,500 years old and the world's second-oldest existing manmade religious structures after Göbekli Tepe in present-day Turkey. Together with other similar structures,... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #2 Montegrande, Peru — 3,101 BC
archaeological site in Peru
Montegrande is an archaeological site in the Cajamarca department of Jaén province in Jaén District, Peru, a spiral temple or enclosure built c. 3000 BC, by a culture that overlapped the current border with Ecuador. At 5,000 years old, the site is older than Caral. The site is located at the outskirts of the town of Jaén, Peru. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #3 Debdieba — 3,001 BC
Megalithic temple remains in Malta
Debdieba is a megalithic temple in Luqa, Malta dating to around 3000–2500 BC. They were first excavated by Sir Themi Zammit in 1914. Although most of the remains were destroyed, the excavation found several fragments of pottery. The majority of the site was buried in the 1960s due to the construction of an extension to the runway of Luqa airport. Concerns whether the site was destroyed were raised in 2007 by Lufthansa Technik while they were building a new hangar. The place was also known as... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #4 Temple of Ellesyia — 2,001 BC
ancient Egyptian rock-cut temple
The Temple of Ellesyia is an ancient Egyptian rock-cut temple originally located near the site of Qasr Ibrim and today on display at the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy. It was built during the 18th Dynasty by the Pharaoh Thutmosis III. The temple was dedicated to the deities Amun, Horus and Satis. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #5 Al-Masala Obelisk — 1,971 BC
Obelisk in honor of Senusret I in Heliópolis
source Wikidata - #6 Serabit el-Khadim — 1,941 BC
Archaeological site in southwestern Sinai
Serabit el-Khadim is a locality in the southwest Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, where valuable resources such as turquoise were mined extensively in antiquity, mainly by the ancient Egyptians. Archaeological excavation, initially by Sir Flinders Petrie, revealed ancient mining camps and a long-lived Temple of Hathor, the Egyptian goddess of sensual power, who was favored as a protector in desert regions and known locally as the mistress of turquoise. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #7 Karnak Temple Complex — 1,900 BC
ancient Egyptian temple complex
The Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak, comprises a vast mix of temples, pylons, chapels, and other buildings near Luxor, Egypt. Construction at the complex began during the reign of Senusret I in the Middle Kingdom and continued into the Ptolemaic Kingdom, although most of the extant buildings date from the New Kingdom. The area around Karnak was the ancient Egyptian Ipet-isut and the main place of worship of the 18th Dynastic Theban Triad, with the god Amun as its head. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #8 Luxor Temple — 1,400 BC
ancient Egyptian tem
The Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the city of Luxor and was constructed around 1400 BC. In Egyptian it was known as ipet resyt, "the southern sanctuary". It was one of the two primary temples on the east bank, the other being Karnak. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #9 Temple of Apollo Archegetes, Cyrene — 701 BC
temple / altar / polytheist building(s) in Cyrene, Libya
source Wikidata - #10 Bardneshandeh Temple — 701 BC
temple in Masjed Soleyman County, Iranian national heritage site
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