The sites
71 of the planet's most storied sacred places, from 12,000-year-old temples to shrines still in use today.
Temples20Megaliths14Sanctuaries14Pyramids6Lost Cities6Sacred Mountains5Earthworks3Enigmas2Geoglyphs1
Europe
19 sites →
Megalith · Wiltshire, England
Avebury
Megalith · Isle of Lewis, Scotland
Calanais (Callanish)
Megalith · Brittany, France
Carnac Stones
Temple · France
Chartres Cathedral
Sanctuary · Cyclades, Greece
Delos
Sanctuary · Greece
Delphi
Sacred Mountain · Germany
Externsteine
Megalith · Gozo, Malta
Ġgantija & the Malta Temples
Sacred Mountain · Somerset, England
Glastonbury Tor
Earthwork · Germany
Goseck Circle
Sanctuary · Normandy, France
Mont-Saint-Michel
Sanctuary · Apulia, Italy
Monte Sant'Angelo
Megalith · Ireland
Newgrange
Temple · Scotland
Rosslyn Chapel
Sanctuary · Piedmont, Italy
Sacra di San Michele
Sanctuary · Ireland
Skellig Michael
Sanctuary · Cornwall, England
St Michael's Mount
Megalith · Wiltshire, England
Stonehenge
Temple · Athens, Greece
The Acropolis & Parthenon
Africa & Middle East
14 sites →
Temple · Egypt
Abu Simbel
Megalith · Lebanon
Baalbek
Pyramid · Egypt
Giza Pyramid Complex
Megalith · Türkiye
Göbekli Tepe
Pyramid · Iraq
Great Ziggurat of Ur
Lost City · Zimbabwe
Great Zimbabwe
Temple · Luxor, Egypt
Karnak Temple
Temple · Ethiopia
Lalibela
Sacred Mountain · Israel
Mount Carmel
Megalith · Egypt (Nubian Desert)
Nabta Playa
Sanctuary · Iran
Persepolis
Lost City · Jordan
Petra
Sanctuary · Jerusalem
Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif
Sanctuary · Saudi Arabia
The Kaaba, Mecca
Asia & Oceania
22 sites →
Temple · Cambodia
Angkor Wat
Temple · Myanmar
Bagan
Sanctuary · Bihar, India
Bodh Gaya
Temple · Java, Indonesia
Borobudur
Temple · Tamil Nadu, India
Brihadeeswarar Temple
Temple · Karnataka, India
Chennakeshava Temple, Belur
Megalith · West Java, Indonesia
Gunung Padang
Sanctuary · Japan
Ise Grand Shrine
Temple · Maharashtra, India
Kailasa Temple, Ellora
Temple · Madhya Pradesh, India
Khajuraho
Temple · Odisha, India
Konark Sun Temple
Temple · Tamil Nadu, India
Mahabalipuram
Lost City · Sindh, Pakistan
Mohenjo-daro
Sacred Mountain · Tibet, China
Mount Kailash
Lost City · Pohnpei, Micronesia
Nan Madol
Temple · Cambodia
Preah Vihear
Temple · Thailand
Sukhothai
Sacred Mountain · Northern Territory, Australia
Uluru
Sanctuary · Uttar Pradesh, India
Varanasi (Kashi)
Temple · Karnataka, India
Vittala Temple, Hampi
Pyramid · Shaanxi, China
Xi'an Pyramid Mounds
Enigma · Ryukyu Islands, Japan
Yonaguni Monument
Americas
16 sites →
Earthwork · Illinois, USA
Cahokia Mounds
Lost City · Peru
Caral
Sanctuary · New Mexico, USA
Chaco Canyon
Temple · Peru
Chavín de Huántar
Pyramid · Yucatán, Mexico
Chichén Itzá
Lost City · Peru
Machu Picchu
Geoglyph · Peru
Nazca Lines
Megalith · Peru
Ollantaytambo
Temple · Chiapas, Mexico
Palenque
Enigma · Madre de Dios, Peru
Paratoari (Pyramids of Paratoari)
Megalith · Chile
Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
Megalith · Cusco, Peru
Sacsayhuamán
Earthwork · Ohio, USA
Serpent Mound
Pyramid · Mexico
Teotihuacán
Pyramid · Guatemala
Tikal
Megalith · Bolivia