Vortex Sites

HOME CALENDAR NETWORK FUNDING CONTACT RESOURCE TOURS SACRED GEOMETRY ANTHROPOCOSM EARTH GRID VORTEX SITES SILK ROAD GEOMANCY HARMONICS ANTI-GRAVITY

[under construction]

see also: QIGONG VORTEX SITE TOURS

VORTEX SITES:

When one seeks healing, one also receives messages from spiritual guides.

PRIMARY ENERGY CENTERS: EARTH CHAKRAS

(see also Becker and Hagen's Planetary Grid System)

Mountain Chakras (Energy centers): (eg.vile vortices)

Root: Ararat

Navel: Neblina

Solar Plexus: Kilamanjaro

Heart: Haleakala

Throat: Shasta

Brow: Everest

Crown: Fuji

Other Interpretations of Chakra Sites:

The planetary chakra system alternates/changes according to a predetermined/particular timing (eg.celestial influence; Earth spin); (sim.vile vortices).

Central Hermetic Site: (primary electro-magnetic geo-cosmic connection)

Etheric Heart Center [sim.Tantric: Anahata Chakra] (internal and external operates in tandem):

Internal: Avebury Circle, Wiltshire, England (according to Richard C. Hoagland: site design geometry parallels megalithic site geometry at Cydonia, Mars)
External: Glastonbury Tor; current Mobile Focus (see geomancy)

Avebury Round Table of the Sun:

Avebury is considered a condensed planetary Round Table of the Sun, which is a model for understanding the independent/differentiated activities of the 12 tones (solar royal court) in one sound (ie.solar logos; sun king; individual component of galactic logos). The planetary Round Table is the central receptor complex for cosmic (solar system) energy, contributing to Gaia's star evolution paradigm (on the threshold of transcendence, attaining 4th dimensional awareness of anti-gravity). According to Sumerian cosmology/astrology, the solar system comprises of 12 planetary/celestial (revolving, rotating, interrelating) bodies, or cosmic notes, influencing 12 zodiac houses; establishing a triangular influence (stars-planets-geo points) upon life via Dragon (Knight) Lines (12) [sim.Babylonian: "dragon" (sir); British: title for knight (sir)] and the Avebury Round Table of the Sun.

In summary, Avebury is calibrated by 12 tones, which are induced by solar (Earth's ecliptic through the 12 zodiac houses; 12 months) and galactic (Sun's ecliptic through zodiac; zodiac age = 2160 years; precession of equinoxes) ecliptics.

Cradle of Civilization:

Ante-Diluvial Landing Corridor:

In the land [Sumerian: “home of the righteous ones” (Edin); Akkadian: “plain” (edinu); Biblical: Eden] between the two rivers (Tigris and Euphrates) [Biblical: “abundant” (Pishon) and “which gushes forth” (Gihon)], the landing corridor was laid out like an arrow (45° NW), entering from the headwaters of the Persian Gulf (most abundant source of petroleum; Sumerians had names for the 9 bituminous substances: petroleum, crude oils, native asphalts, rock asphalts, tars, pyrogenic asphalts, mastics, waxes, pitches), and pointing to the twin peaks of Mount Ararat, the Near East’s most conspicuous landmarks. Five cities with specific function were established in five perfect places. The cities on the centerline of the flight corridor are separated at intervals of 6 beru (60km/37 mi.).

Earth Stations (Reflective with Seven Stations of Heaven on Nibiru’s Path):

1) Eridu (Home in Faraway Built): first gold extracting facility at the edge of the Persian Gulf; abode of Ea; third ring from center [1r.Ea/Enki] (An Nasiriyah)

2) Bad-Tibira (Bright Place Where the Ores are Made Final): metallurgical smelting and refining center; second ring from center on flight path [1r.Nannar]

3) Laraak (Seeing the Bright Glow): beacon city to guide landing shuttlecraft; first ring from center on flight path, triangulating with the other paired beacon cities [1r.Ninurta]

4) Sippar (Bird City): landing place; space port; second ring from center on flight path [1r.Utu]

5) Shuruppak (Place of the Utmost Well-Being): medical center; first ring from center on flight path [1r.Ninhursag]

6) Laarsa (Seeing the Red Light): beacon city; second ring from center [1r.Ea/Enlil]

7) Nibiruki (Earth Place of Nibiru): mission control center (duranki); center [1r.Enlil]

8) Lagash: beacon city paired with Laarsa; second ring from center [1r.Ninurta]

First established was Home in Faraway Built (Eridu), which functioned as the first gold extracting facility at the edge of the Persian Gulf, and abode of Enki. The spaceport was built at Bird City (Sippar), which was aligned on center with the flight corridor. Bright Place Where the Ores are Made Final (Bad-Tibira), the smelting and refining center, and Place of the Utmost Well-Being (Shuruppak), the medical center, was laid out on center, from the landing corridor’s entrance. Earth Place of Nibiru (Nibruki) [Akkadian: Crossing Place on Earth (Nippur)], served as the mission control center, located in the exact center of the landing corridor. At Nibiruki was a raised platform, Place of Earth’s Root (Kiur), with antennas, ascending to a secret communication chamber (from Earth to the Igigi), the holy of holies, the Dark, Glowing Chamber (Dirga) [sim.Hebrew: Ark of the Covenant], where vital star charts and orbital data panels, the Tablets of Destinies, were installed, and the Bond of Heaven and Earth (Duranki), a true axis mundi, was maintained. The structure became the prototype for all ziggurats and pyramids (eg.Tower of Babel) to come.

POST-DILUVIAL FLIGHT CORRIDOR: Triangulations of the Divine Grid (see fig.)

The post-Diluvial flight corridor adopted the same principles of triangulation as the antediluvial flight corridor. The masterful yet simple Divine Grid precisely arrayed by the Anunnaki, artfully combined basic geometry with natural landmarks. Mount Ararat is the northern landmark that anchors the flight corridor on center with mission control (Jerusalem) and the spaceport in Tilmun (Sinai). The southern line of the landing corridor connects the twin peaks of Ararat with the twin peaks of St. Katherine (Harsag) and Umm Shumar (Mount Moses), while the upper line of the landing corridor connects through landing platform at Baalbek and the pyramids (artificial twin peaks) of Giza and Heliopolis. Due the flat terrain of Egypt, artificial twin peaks were constructed where the northern line of the flight corridor crossed the 30^th parallel (30° N Lat), which delineated a sacred division of air space. The Three Ways delineated the airspace (each spanning 60° Lat) between Enlil in the north (northpole to 30° N Lat), An in the middle over the equator (30° N Lat to 30° S Lat), and Ea in the south (southpole to 30° S Lat). The outer and inner perimeter circles about Mission Control (Jerusalem) designated the equidistant pairs of radial sites which utilized oracle stone installations for communication.

Diluvial Pivot for Focal Point of Central Flight Corridor:

1) Mount Ararat: focal point of central flight corridor

· Highest Mount in Near East

· Post-diluvial landing place

Outer Circle:

2) Giza/Heliopolis (An): Geodesic Beacon

· Outlines flight corridor

· Giza Pyramid, two companion pyramids, and sphinx situated on Baalbek-Ararat line

· Equidistant with Mount St. Katherine to Baalbek and Jerusalem

http://projectcamelotproductions.com/interviews/giza_geomatrix/giza_geomatrixII.html

http://gizamap.com

3) Mount St. Katherine/Mount Umm Shumar: Geodesic Beacon

· Outlines flight corridor

· Highest peaks of Sinai

· Distinctive twin peaks

· Equidistant with Giza Pyramid to Baalbek and Jerusalem

Inner Circle:

4) Baalbek (Cedar Mountain): Landing Place

· Antediluvial platform of immense size

· Equidistant with Mount Sinai to Jerusalem

5) Mount Sinai: Spaceport (see ‘Tilmun’ above)

· Situated in the intersection of central flight path and 30^th parallel (gaze of the sphinx)

· Equidistant from Heliopolis and Umm Shumar

· Equidistant with Baalbek to Jerusalem

Center:

6) Jerusalem (Mount Zion): Mission Control

· Crossing point where the Baalbek-Mount St. Katherine line intersects with the flight path’s center line leading to the focal point of Mount Ararat

· The angle drawn from Jerusalem to Heliopolis and Mount Umm Shumar is exactly 45º

The Bible has glorified the divine connections between Jerusalem (Mount Zion), Baalbek (Crest of Zaphon), and Giza (Memphis). According to the Book of Jubilees, there were four Places of the Lord on Earth, which were created as holy places facing each other. Three of them were in the lands of Shem.

1) Garden of Eternity in the Cedar Mountain (Baalbek): the most sacred; dwelling of the Lord

2) Mountain of the East (Mount Ararat): not in the lands of Shem

3) Mount Sinai (Tilmun): center of the Sacred Desert

4) Mount Zion (Jerusalem): center of the Navel of the Earth

The ancient oracle sites of the Cedar Mountain, Mount Sinai, and Mount Zion, are situated at equal angles (11.5º) from the oracle site at Delphi, Greece. Furthermore, the oracle sites of Jerusalem and Siwa to Delphi correlate angularly (45º) with the oracle site arrangement of Mount St. Katherine and Heliopolis to Jerusalem, respectively.

GAZE OF THE SPHINX (30^th N parallel): Silk Road

Heliopolis (Giza)

Eridu

Persopolis

Harappa

Lhasa

SACRED SITES OF PREHISTORIC ANTIQUITY:

[Archeological and/or ancient religious/spiritual/sacred sites listed by continent, country, and then state/province, alphabetically. The data-list compilations were dependent on the information available/discovered.]

AFRICA:

ALGERIA:

· Carthage (Tunis)

· El Wad/Oued (250-45k BP: Neanderthal; Guemar)

· Serquenout (Ideles; Mt.Telerhteba)

BOTSWANA:

· Tsodilo (70000 BCE: first known human ritual; 4500 rock paintings; rock carvings; Kalahari desert; Shakawe)

EGYPT: [MA: pyramids]

· Abu Simbel [MA](1224 BCE; Egyptian; Kushite; ruins)

· Abydos (Predynastic; cult center of Khentiamentiu, Osiris and Isis; Asyut-Luxor)

· Aksha

· Alexandria acropolis

· Amarna/Akhetaten (1346 BCE: city of Akhetaten; El Minya)

· Armant/Hermonthis (Middle k.: Hatsheput; mortuary temples; Thebes)

· Beni Hassan (21^st-17^th c.BCE: Old-Middle k.; ancient Egyptian-Hatsheput cemetery; 39 tombs: tombs of Jhety and Baket/Artemis; Asyut-Memphis)

· Bubastis/Tell Basta/Per-Bast/Phibeseth [Bibl.: House of Bastet”] (943 BCE: Shoshenq I; Cairo)

· Buto/Per Wadjet (Paleolithic; 3100 BCE: 305 BCE: Ptolemaic; Alexandria)

· Dashur (Old Kingdom: royal necropolis: Snorfu’s Bent Pyramid, Red Pyramid; Cairo)

· Deir el-Madinah (1600 BCE: Thebes)

· Deir el-Bahri (2100 BCE: Old-Middle k.: Hatsheput; mortuary temples; Luxor)

· Dendera (2613 BCE: temple foundations; complex: Temple of Hathor; Roman-Ptolemaic: birth houses; Coptic church of Isis; Qina)

· Edfu/Behdet (Ramses II; 237 BCE; Lato)

· El Ashmunein/Hermopolis/Khmun [Egyptian: “eight town;” Ogdoad “8 deities”](Old-Middle k.: Hatsheput; Al Minya)

· El Dakka (Hyksos-Hatsheput; 3^rd c.BCE: Meroitic-Kushite: temple to Thoth; near Kuban)

· Elephantine/Abu/Yebu (1650 BCE: Hyksos-Hatsheput: temple/abode to Khnum; Ptolemaic; Greco-Roman; Tropic of Cancer)

· El Kab/Nekhab/Nekhen/Hierakonpolis (10000 BCE: Paleolithic; 5500 BCE: Neolithic; 3100 BCE: Early Dyn.temples; 1550 BCE: Hyksos-Hatsheput: rock cut temples, necropolis; 332 BCE: Ptolemaic settlement; Coptic monastery; Wadi Hillal; Luxor)

· Esna (1493 BCE: Thutmose II; Lato)

· Gerf Husein (rock-cut temple of Ptah: Ramses II; Lake Nasser)

· Faras (Hyksos-Hatsheput; Meroitic: temple; Nubian border; l.Nasser)

· Great Pyramid [MA] (2560 BCE?; 25000 BCE) and Khafre’s Pyramid (Giza)

· Heliopolis/An (3100 BCE)

· Henen-Nesut/Herakleopolis Magna [Egy.:”House of the Royal Child”](Old-Middle: cult center of Heryshaf-Herakles; Nubian; Coptic)

· Karnak [MA](2100 BCE; Hyksos-Hatsheput; Philae)

· Temple of Kom Ombo (Ptolemaic)

· Kom el Ahmar (Middle k.: Hatsheput; N Edfu)

· Kuban (Hyksos-Hatsheput; near El Dakka)

· Luxor Temple (1400 BCE: Thebes)

· Medinet Habu (Hyksos-Hatsheput; New k.: Ramses III; mortuary temple; Luxor)

· Colossi of Memnon [MA](1400 BCE: Thebes)

· Memphis (3100 BCE: f.Menes k.; 2600 BCE: Old Kingdom capital; Hatsheput; Nubian; Mit Rahina)

· Menkaure’s Pyramid [MA](Giza)

· Miam

· Ninsu (El Faiyum)

· Oxyrhynchus (300 BCE: Greek; El Minya)

· Pi-Ramses/Avaris/Hit-waret [Egy.: “House of the Department”] (1783 BCE: Hyksos trading capital; Nile Delta)

· Pyramid of Amenemhet III [MA] (Hawara)

· Pyramid of Nyuserre Ini [MA](2400 BCE)

· Pompei’s Pillar [MA](293 CE: Alexandria)

· Qasr Ibrim/Primis (Hyksos-Hatsheput; 750 BCE: Kushite ruins; Byzantine; Wadi Halfa)

· Qis (Middle k.: Hyksos-Hatsheput; Al Minya)

· Quseir/Leucus Limen (3000 BCE; Ramses II; Al Qusair; Red Sea)

· Osireion [MA](1294 BCE: Abydos)

· Rameses obelisk [MA](Luxor)

· Rameses IV quarries [MA](Wadi Hammamat)

· Rameses IV tomb [MA](Thebes)

· Ramesseum [MA](1300 BCE: Thebes)

· Sahure’s pyramid [MA](Saqquara)

· Sais/Zau (pre-Diluvial town: survived; 1100 BCE; 8th c.BCE: 24th d.: Nubian; Alexandria)

· Serabit el Khadim (ancient Egyptian-Hatsheput turqoise mine; Sinai pen.; Wadi Matula)

· Speos Artemidos/Grotto of Artemis (Middle k.: Hyksos-Hatsheput; S Beni Hassan; Al Minya)

· Mount Sinai/Horeb/Musa/Gabal Musa (post-diluvial flight corridor; St.Katherine City)

· Tanis/Djanet (1600 BCE; Nile Delta)

· Thebes (capital of New Kingdom-Hatshepshut: necropolis; Luxor)

· Tjeny (Nubian-Merotic; Coptic; Girga)

· Valley of the Kings (1600 BCE: Theban Necropolis)

ETHIOPIA:

· Axum [MA](400 BCE; Adwa mts.)

· Dire Dawa (45-28k BP: transitional-Neanderthal)

LIBYA:

· Haua Fteah (45-28k BP: transitional-Neanderthal)

MALI:

· Timbuktu (10^th c.CE: Tuareg)

MOROCCO:

· Jebel Irhoud

· Lixus (7^th c.BCE: Phoenician; Larache)

· Mogador/Essaouira (5^th c.BCE: Phoenician; Carthaginian navigator Hanno)

· Sidi Abderrhaman (45-28k BP: transitional-Neanderthal)

· Tamuda (3^rd c.BCE: Mauretanians; Tetouan)

· Volubilis (Neolithic; 3^rd c.BCE: Carthaginian; Roman)

SOUTH AFRICA: [Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site (CHWHS)]

· Blombos Cave (80000 BP: ochre engravings, bone tools, shell beads; 140000 BP: fishing; Mosselbay)

· Cango Caves (Oudtshoorn)

· Coopers Cave [CHWHS](1.8m BP; Gauteng)

· Duinefontein (400000 BP: stone tools, animal bones; Cape Town)

· Gladysvale Cave [CHWHS] (1.8m BP; Gauteng)

· Hoedjiespunt (Middle Pleistocene; Saldanha Bay)

· Klasies River Caves (Paleolithic; Mesolithic; Humansdorp)

· Kromdraai [CHWHS] (Gauteng)

· Makapansgat (2.6-3 m BP; Mokopane)

· Mapungubwe (1075 CE: pre-colonial state)

· Motsetsi [CHWHS] (Gauteng)

· Plovers Lake [CHWHS] (Gauteng)

· Saldanha Bay (250-28k BP: tropical-Neanderthal; Capetown)

· Sterkfontein [CHWHS] (Gauteng; Krugersdorp)

· Swartkrans [CHWHS] (Sterkfontein)

· Sibudu Cave (72000 BP; Tongaat)

· Taung

SUDAN:

· Buhen (1860 BCE: 12^th d.Senusret III; settlement; fortress; Hyksos-Hatsheput; Egyptian border)

· Jebel Barkal (1450 BCE: Thutmose III; Merowe)

· El Kadada Dolmen (4000 BCE; Shendi; Khartoum)

· El Kurru (750 BCE: royal Kushite tombs; Tangasi)

· Kawa (750 BCE: Kushite ruins; stelas; Dongola)

· Kerma (7500 BCE: Meso-Neolithic; 2500 BCE: Kushite ruins; 3^rd cataract of Nile)

· Meroe (800 BCE: Kushite pyramids; 5-6^th cataract of Nile; Khartoum)

· Musawwarat es-Sufra (750 BCE: Kushite ruins; Shendi)

· Naga (750 BCE: Kushite ruins; Shendi)

· Napata [SM] (1345 BCE: royal Kushite tombs; cult center ruins; Temple of Amun; Egyptian; Jebel Barkel; Karima)

· Nubian pyramids at Meroe (4000-300 BCE: Kushite Kingdoms: royal tombs)

· Nuri (750 BCE: royal kushite tombs)

· Sai (Hyksos-Hatsheput; Kushite; Nubian desert)

· Sanam (750 BCE: Kushite ruins; Merowe)

· Seddenga (750 BCE: Kushite ruins; Kosha)

· Semna/Amara West (1965 BCE: Senusret I; fortress; Hyksos-Hatsheput; Kushite; Nubian desert)

· Soleb (750 BCE: Egyptian ruins; Kosha)

· Tebu/Pnubs (750 BCE: Kushite ruins; Kerma)

· Wad Ban Naqa (750 BCE: Kushite ruins; Pyramid of Amanishakheto; Shendi)

TUNISIA:

· Carthage (Sea Peoples?; 1^st m. BCE: Phoenician; Roman; Tunis)

· Kerkouane (4^th-3^rd c.BCE: Phoenician; Roman; Kelibia; Cape Bon)

· Utica (1100 BCE: Phoenician; Roman; Tunis)

ZAMBIA:

· Broken Hill (250-28k BP: tropical-Neanderthal)

ZIMBABWE:

· Great Zimbabwe [t.Shona: ”huge stone buildings”] (1200 CE; Masvingo/Ft.Victoria)

ASIA:

AFGANISTAN:

· Buddhas of Bamyan [SR](507/554 CE: Hazarajat; destroyed)

· Chakhil-i-Ghoundi Stupa (2^nd-3^rd c.CE: Greco-Buddhist/Hellenistic-Indian; Hadda; Jalalabad)

· Hadda (2^nd-1^st c.BCE: Greco-Buddhist artifacts; Jalalabad)

ARMENIA: (p.USSR)

· Aramus (Kotayk, Armenia)

· Zorats Karer [MA](Sisian)

· Zvartnots (Yereven, Armavir)

BHUTAN: [Buddhist temples, stupa]

· Chorten Charo Kasho (19^th c.CE: stupa; Trongsa)

· Chorten Kora (18^th c.CE: stupa; Trashiyangtse; Kulong Chu r.)

· Gangkhar Puensum [SM] [“Three Mountain Siblings”]

· Jomolhari/Chomolhari [SM] [aka.”the bride of Kangchenjunga”](Tib.: abode of Jomo protector goddess bound by Guru Padmasambhava; Jomolhari Temple, meditation caves of Milarepa and Gyalwa; Thangthangkha; Jangothang; Jomo Lharang holy lake)

BURMA: [1431 CE: Arakanese]

· Andaw Thein (1515; Mrauk U)

· Bandoola Kyaung Monastery

· Five Mahn Pagodas (Mingala-Mahn-Aung; Ratna-Mahn-Aung; Sakya-Mahn-Aung; Lawka-Mahn-Aung; Zina-Mahn-Aung)

· Htukkanthein Temple (1571; Mrauk U)

· Koe-thaung Temple (1553; Mrauk U)

· Le-myet-hna Temple (1535: Shite-thuang; Mrauk U)

· Ratana-pon (1612; Mrauk U)

· Sanda Muni Temple

· Shite-thaung Temple (1535; Mrauk U)

· Shwedagon Pagoda (2500 BP: legend; 6^th c.CE: stupa; Yangon)

CAMBODIA: [Angkor; derived from Sanskrit: “city” (nagara)]

· Angkor Thom (900 CE: Hindu temple complex: Angkor Wat, Bayon, Phimeanakas, Phnom Bakheng; Preah Khan, Ta Keo, Prasat Kravanh, Prasat Kok Po, Prasat Phnom Rung, Prasat Roluh, Prasat Ak Yom, Prasat Kas Ho, Western Mebon, Prasat Ta Noreay, Prasat Trapeang Ropou, Baphuon, Neak Pean, Ta Som, Eastern Mebon, Pre Rup, Ta Prohm, Banteay Kdei, Sras Srang, Banteay Samre; irrigation system; Siem Reap)

· Angkor Wat [MA](9^th c.CE: Hindu cosmological temple symbolizing Mount Meru; Angkor Thom; Siem Reap)

· Banteay Srei

· Bayon(1200 CE: Hindu temple; Angkor Thom; Siem Reap)

· Kbal Romaas (Neolithic)

· Phimeanakas (910 CE: royal marriage rite naga temple; Angkor Thom; Siem Reap)

· Phnom Bakheng (900 CE: 1^st Angkor Hindu temple; Angkor Thom; Siem Reap)

· Phnom Laang (Paleolithic)

· Prasath Kasaouit

· Prasat Kravanh (921 CE: Hindu temple; Angkor Thom; Siem Reap)

· Preah Khan (1191 CE: Buddhist temple; Angkor Thom; Siem Reap)

· Preah Vihear

· Ta Keo (1000 CE: Shiva temple; Angkor Thom; Siem Reap)

CHINA: [Taoist and Buddhist temples (si/gong)][SM]

· Badachu [“Eight Great Sites”] (Eight Buddhist temples; Shijingshan, Beijing)

1) Changan Temple (Temple of Eternal Peace)

2) Dabei Temple (Temple of Great Mercy)

3) Dragon Spring Nunnery

4) Lingguang Temple (temple of Divine Light)

5) Pearl Cave (The Cave of Precious Pearl)

6) Sanshan Nunnery (Three-hill Nunnery)

7) Xiangjie Temple (The Temple of the Fragrant World)

8) Zhengguo Temple

· Bailin Temple [“Monastery of the Cypress Grove”](1347 CE: Yuan d. Buddhist temple; Beijing)

· Baimasi [“White Horse Temple”] [SR](Eastern Han d.: Buddhist; Luoyang)

· Banpo (4500 BCE: Yangshao)

· Baoguangsi (Tang d.Buddhist temple-pagoda; Chengdu)

· Baoguosi/Lingshan Temple (880 CE: Tang d.Mahayana Buddhist; Jiangbei, Ningbo, Zhejiang)

· Bashidang (5540 BCE: Pengtoushan culture: Lixian, Hunan)

· Dazhong Temple [“Big Bell Temple”]/Juesheng Temple (1733 CE: Qing d.Buddhist temple; Beijing)

· Beifudi (7-8000 BCE: Cishan-Xinglongwa cultures: pottery masks, carved relief, altars, evidence of burned burials on raised platforms; stone tools, ceramic pots, subterranean cave shelters, sacrificial sites, jade pieces; Yi, Baoding, Hebei)

· Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves [SR](5^th c.CE; Turpan-Loulan)

· Bingling Temple cave [SR](420 CE: giant Buddhas; Lanzhou, Gansu)

· Beiyuemiao [“Northern Peak Temple”] (2^nd c.BCE: Han; Northern Wei/Tang; Quyang, Heibei)

· Bozikeli Qian Fo Dong/Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves [SR](5^th-9^th c.CE: 77 rock-cut caves; arched ceilings; Buddhist murals; Turpan-Shanshan; near Gaochang ruins; Mutou valley; Taklamakan desert)

· Chang’an/Xian [SR](1 CE: ancient capital)

· Changchun Temple (1592 CE: Ming d. Buddhist temple; Xuanwu, Beijing)

· Cheng’en Temple (Sui d.; 1510 CE: Ming d. Buddhist temple; Beijing)

· Chenghuangmiao [“City God Temple”]/Jinshan God Temple (1403 CE: Ming; Taoist temple; Shanghai)

· Chengling Pagoda (540 CE; Zhengding)

· Chengtoushan (4500 BCE: earliest rice field- Changde, Hunan)

· Chengxu Temple (1086 CE: Song; Taoist temple; Zhouzhuang)

· Chengziya AS (2500 BCE: Longshan settlement; Jinan, Shandong)

· Dabeilou (1500 BP: Buddhist-part of Zhantanlin Temple; Jiuhuashan)

· Dafosi (1000+ BP: Buddhist; Xinchang, Zhejiang)

· Dahuisi [“Temple of Great Wisdom”](1513 CE: Ming d.Buddhist temple; Beijing)

· Dajue Temple [“Great Awakening Temple/Temple of Enlightenment”] /Qingshui [“Clear Water Temple”](1068 CE: Liao d.Buddhist temple; 1428 CE: Ming d.rebuilt; Haidian, Beijing)

· Dazhaosi (1579 CE: Buddhist temple; Hohhot; Inner Mongolia)

· Dazu Shike/Rock Carvings (7^th c.CE: Buddhist-Confucian-Taoist; 75 sites; 50000 statues, 100000 inscription carvings; Dazu, Chongqing, Sichuan; Baodingshan and Beishan)

· Donglinsi [“East Wood Temple”](Tang d.: Pure Land Buddhist monastery; Jiujiang, Jiangxi; Lushan)

· Fahai Temple [SR](1439 CE: Ming d.Buddhist temple; Shijingshan, Beijing)

· Famensi [SR](Northern Zhou d. Buddhist temple and pagoda; Fufeng; Xian, Shaanxi)

· Fawangsi (Tang d.: Buddhist temple; 2 pagodas; Dengfeng, Henan; Songshan)

· Fayusi/Stone Temple (1699 CE: Qing d.Buddhist temple; Zhejiang; Putuoshan)

· Fayuan Temple (645 CE: Tang d.Buddhist temple; Ming d.rebuilt; Beijing)

· Five Sacred Mountains of Taoism: [SM]

1) E-Taishan [“Leading Peaceful Mountain”](Paleo-Neolithic; 3000 BP: religious worhip; Shang d.-Qing d.; Qin d.: Daimiao Temple; Dongyue Temple; Zengfu; Tai’an, Shandong)

2) W-Huashan [SR][“Splendid Mountain”](2^nd c.BCE: Taoist temple-Shrine of the Western Peak; immortality herbs- Kou Qianzhi; Chen Tuan revelations; Cloister of the Jade Spring dedicated to Chen Tuan; Quanzhen School; Weinan; Huayin; Xian, Shaanxi)

3) S-Nan Hengshan/Nan Yue [“Balancing Mountain”](8^th c.CE: Buddhist monastery- Zhushengsi; Zhurong Gong; 725 CE: Heaven Governor Huo King Temple/South Heaven Genuine Master Temple/Grand Temple of Mount Heng; Hengyang, Hunan)

4) N-Bei Hengshan [“Permanent Mountain”](Han d.: Beiyue Miao, “Shrine of the Northern Peak”; 491 CE: Xuankongsi/Buddhist Hanging Monastery; Xinzhou-Yuanping; Hongdao-Dingxiang, Shanxi)

5) C-Songshan [“Lofty Mountain”](477 CE: Shaolin Temple- birth of Zen Buddhism, largest collection of stupas in China; Pagoda Forest; 523 CE: Songyue Pagoda; Tang d.: Fawang Temple pagodas; Dengfeng; Zhengzhou, Henan)

Beiwudangshan (Taoist temple complex; Luliang, Shanxi)
Kunlunshan (Amnemachinshan)
Longhushan [“Dragon Tiger Mountain”] (Han d.: birthplace of religious Taoism; Temples founded by Zhang Daoling: Immortal City; Zheng Yi; Guyue hanging coffin cliff burials; Yingtan, Jianxi)
Laoshan (412 CE: Faxian pilgrimage; Qingdao, Shandong)
Qingchengshan (2500 BCE?: site of Huangdi’s studies with Ning Fengzhi; 36 peaks; Dujiangyan, Sichuan)
Qiyunshan [“As High as the Clouds”](Qingyang, Anhui; near Huangshan)
Wudangshan (Han d.: Taoist academics; Tang d.: Five Dragon Temple; Ming d.: Zhenwu Temple-Halls: 1416 CE: Golden Hall; Nanyan gong; 1413: Purple Cloud Temple: 7^th c.CE: Green Dragon Crescent Blade; Shiyan, Hubei)

· Foguangsi (857 CE: Tang d.Buddhist temple; East Hall; 1137 CE: Hall of Grand Temple of Mount Heng/Heaven Governor Huo King Temple/South Heaven Genuine Master Temple (725 CE: Buddhist temple; Hengyang, Hunan; Nan Hengshan)

· Gaochang Ruins [SR](1^st c.BCE; Turpan, Xinjiang)

· Guanghuasi (558 CE: Buddhist temple; Fujian)

· Gufosi (Qing d.: Buddhist temple; Wutaishan)

· Guiyuansi (1658 CE: Qing d.Buddhist temple; Wuhan/Hanyang City, Hubei)

· Guoqingsi (598 CE: Sui d.Buddhist temple; Taizhou, Zhejiang; Tiantaishan)

· Manjusri; Zushi Pagoda; 6^th c.CE: Songyue Pagoda; Wutaishan)

· Forbidden City (1406 CE: Ming d.capital; Beijing)

· Foshan Ancestral Temple (Song d.; 1372 CE: Ming d.: Taoist temple; Foshan, Guandong)

· Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains: [SM]

1) Emeishan [“Delicate Eyebrow Mountain”](1^st c.CE: 1^st Buddhist temple built in China; Ming-Qing d.: 76 Buddhist monasteries; Baoguosi; Leiyinsi; Qingyinge; grottoes; Leshan, Sichuan)

2) Jiuhuashan/Lingyangshan [“Nine Glories Mountain”](Temples: 1500 BP: Huacheng; 598 CE: Guoqing; Dabeilou; Baisuigong; Qiyuansi; Roushen; Tianchi; Zhantanlin; Zhiyuan; Chizhou, Anhui)

3) Putuoshan [“Potalaka Mountain”](Temples: Puji; Fayu; Shanghai; Zhoushan is., Zhejiang)

4) Wutaishan [“Five Terrace Plateau Mountain”](53 sacred monasteries; Major Temples: Yuan d.: Nanshan <lower 3 terraces-Jile; middle-Shande; upper 3-Youguo; Xiantong; Tayuan; Pusading; Inner Temples: Shouning; Bishan; Puhua; Dailuo Ding; Shuxiang; Guangzong; Yuanzhao; Guanyin Dong; Longquan; Luomuhou; 767 CE: Jinge; Zhenhai; Wanfo-ge; Guanhai; Zhulin; Jifu; Gufo “Old Buddha”; Outer Temples: Jin d.: Yangqing; 782 CE: Nanchan; Tang d.: Mimi; 857 CE: Foguang; 1158 CE: Yanshan; Tang d.: Zunsheng; Jin d.: Guangji; Tang d.: oldest existing wooden buildings; Shanxi)

5) Mount Kailash [Skt.:”crystal”] (sacred place of five religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Ayyavazhi, Bon; Manasarowar and Rakshastak Lakes; Tibet)

6) Mount Jizu/Nine Stratta Cliffs (Temples: Shu k.: nunneries; Tang-Ming-Qing d.: Zunsheng Tower, Xitansi, Shizhongsi, Huayansi, Jindingsi, Zhushengsi, Lengyan pagoda, Jiguansi, Dajuesi; Dali, Yunnan)

7) Mount Everest [Tibetan: “Saint Mother” (Qomolangma Peak); Chinese: “Earth Mother” (Zhumulangma Feng/Shengmu Feng)](highest mountain on Earth; Rongbuk monastery)

· Giant Wild Goose Pagoda [SR](652 CE; Xian)

· Great White Pyramid [SR](210 BCE: Xian)

· Great White Pagoda/Sarira Stupa of Tayuan Temple (1582: Ming Dynasty; Mt.Wutai)

· Guanghua Temple (Buddhist temple; Xicheng, Beijing)

· Guangjisi (Jin d.Buddhist temple; Wutaishan)

· Guangxiaosi [“Temple of Bright Filial Piety”](206 BCE: Buddhist; Guangzhou)

· Hanshansi [“Cold Mountain Temple”](502 CE: Buddhist temple-monastery; Fenqiao, Suzhou)

· Haxiu (4000 BCE)

· Hongluo Temple (Tand d.Buddhist Temple; Beijing)

· Hua Pagoda (Tang d.; Zhengding)

· Huqiusi [“Tiger Hill Temple”](327 CE: Buddhist; Suzhou, Jiangsu)

· Jiahu (7000 BCE: Peiligang culture; Luoyuan, Fujian)

· Jianfusi [SR](684 CE: Tang d.Buddhist temple hosting Small Wild Goose Pagoda; ancient bells; Xian, Shaanxi)

· Jiaohe Ruins [SR](108 BCE: Anterior Jushi capital; Turpan, Xinjiang)

· Jietai Temple (Tang d.Buddhist temple; Mentougou, Beijing)

· Jimingsi (557 CE: Liang d.Buddhist temple; 1387 CE: rebuilt; Nanjing)

· Jing’ansi [“Temple of Peace and Tranquility”](247 CE: Wu k. Buddhist temple; 1216 CE: relocated; Shanghai)

· Jinci Temple/Huiri Yongming Temple (954 CE: Buddhist; Hangzhou, Zhejiang)

· Jingesi [“Golden Pavillion Temple”](767 CE: Buddhist; Shanxi; Wutaishan)

· Jinsha (1000 BCE: Baodun culture; ivory, jade, bronze, gold, stone objects; Chengdu)

· Jiaohe Ruins [SR](108 BCE: Jushi k.; Han d.; Turpan)

· Kizil Caves [SR](3^rd-8^th c.CE: Buddhist frescoes; Baicheng, Xinjiang)

· Linggusi (515 CE: Liang d. Buddhist temple-pagoda; Nanjing, Jiangsu; Zhongshan)

· Lingxiao Pagoda (762 CE; Zhengding)

· Lingyansi [“Temple of the Understanding Rocks”](357 CE; 11^th c.CE: Buddhist; 1056 CE: Pizhi Pagoda; 167 stupa forest; Tai’an, Shandong; Taishan)

· Lingyinsi [“Temple of the Soul’s Retreat”](328 CE: Eastern Jin d. Chan Buddhist temple; monastery; pagoda; Feilai Feng grottoes; Hangzhou, Zhejiang; Wulinshan)

· Liurongsi [“Six Banyan Trees Temple”](537 CE: Buddhist temple-pagoda; Guangzhou)

· Longhuasi [“Luster of the Dragon Temple”](242 CE; 977 CE: rebuilt Chan Buddhist temple; pagoda; 500 Lohan; Shanghai)

· Longmen Grottoes [“Dragon’s Gate”](316-907 CE: Cave/Grottoes: Northern Wei d.: Guyang, Middle Binyang, Lotus-flower, Weizi, Huangfugong; Sui d.: South Binyang; Tang d.: Fengxiansi, 10000 Buddha Cave, Hidden Stream Temple, Kanjingsi, Dawanwufo, North Binyang; Luoyang, Henan)

· Longxingsi (1052 CE: Song d. Buddhist monastery; Zhengding, Hebei)

· Louguantai [SR](Taoist temple; where tradition says Laozi composed the daodejing; Ta Yu village; Zhouzhi, Shaanxi; Xian)

· Manasarovar Lake (highest fresh water lake in world; 1200 mi. from Lhasa; Mount Kailash)

· Melikawat ruins [SR](300 BCE; Hotan)

· Miaoying Temple (Liao-Yuan d. Buddhist temple; Xicheng, Beijing)

· Mimisi (Tang d. Buddhist; Wutaishan)

· Mogao Caves/Grottoes/Caves of the Thousand Buddhas/Dunhuang Caves [SR] (366-1366 CE: Buddhist cave shrines and art; 406-1002 CE: manuscripts; Dunhuang, Gansu)

· Nanchansi (782 CE: Buddhist temple; Xinzhou; Wutaishan)

· Nanhuasi (502 CE: Chan Buddhist monastery; Shaoguan, Guangdong)

· Nanputuosi (Tang d.: Buddhist temple; Xiamen, Fujian)

· Niya/Jingjue [SR](1800 BCE: 100 dwellings, sickles, clubs, urns, human remains)

· Palpung Monastery (1727 CE: Tibetan Buddhist monastery; Dege, Sichuan)

· Pujichansi (916 CE: Chan Buddhist temple; Putuoshan)

· Puningsi (1755 CE: Buddhist temple; Chengde, Hebei)

· Putuo Zongchengsi (1767 CE: Buddhist temple; Chengde, Hebei)

· Qianfoshan [“Thousand Buddha Mountain”](Sui d. carved Buddha relief in hill rock; Xingguochan Temple; Jinan, Shandong)

· Qixiasi (489 CE: Buddhist temple; 1000 Buddha Caves grottoe; Nanjing, Jiangsu)

· Sanxingdui [“Three Stars Mound”](1200 BCE: Baodun culture; bronze artifacts and mound; Guanghan, Deyang, Sichuan)

· Shanhuasi (11^th c.CE: Buddhist temple; Datong, Shanxi)

· Shaolinsi (477 CE: Buddhist temple-monastery; 791 CE: Pagoda Forest; Dengfeng, Henan; Songshan)

· Shuanglinsi (6^th c.CE: Buddhist temple; Pingyao, Shanxi)

· Small Wild Goose Pagoda (707 CE; Xian)

· Temple of Azure Clouds (1331 CE: Yuan d.Buddhist; Haidian, Beijing)

· Terracotta Army [SR](246 BCE: Xian)

· Tianningsi (1100 c.CE: Liao d.Buddhist pagoda; Beijing)

· Tomb of King Wen (122 BCE: Guangzhou)

· Tuoshan [“Camel Mountain”](Northern Zhou-Tang d.: 638 Buddhas, 5 main grottoes: Tianhe “Sky River,” Tianqiao “Sky Bridge,” Tianquan “Heavenly Spring,” Wulong Pool, Tiannanmen “Gate of Southern Heaven gate;” Haotian Temple; Qingzhou, Shandong)

· Wanshou Temple (1577 CE: Ming d.Buddhist; Beijing)

· Wofo Temple/Doulu temple (7^th c.CE: Buddhist)

· Wolongsi [SR](168 CE: Buddhist; Xian)

· Wulongmiao [“Five Dragons Temple“]/King Guangren’s Temple (833 CE: Tang d.; Taoist temple; contains China’s 2^nd oldest wooden building; Ruicheng, Shanxi)

· Wutasi [“Five Pagoda Temple”](1727 CE: Buddhist; Hohhot, Inner Mongolia)

· Wusutu Zhao Monastery (1606 CE: Buddhist; Hohhot, Inner Mongolia)

· Xilitu Zhao (1585 CE: Lamaist temple; Hohhot; Inner Mongolia)

· Ximingsi [SR](Tang d.Buddhist temple; Xian)

· Xingjiaosi [SR](669 CE: Buddhist temple-pagoda; Xian)

· Xuankongsi [“Hanging Temple”](1500 BP: Buddhist-Taoist-Confucian hanging monastery; Datong, Shanxi; Hengshan)

· Xuanmiaoguan (276 CE: Western Jin d. Taoist temple; Suzhou)

· Xumi Pagoda (636 CE; Zhengding)

· Yangqingsi (Jin d. Buddhist temple; Wutaishan)

· Yanshansi (1158 CE: Buddhist temple; Wutaishan)

· Yaowangshan Stone Sculptures (Northern Wei d.-Tang d.: 200 stone tablets; 7 grottoes; statues; Yaoxian, Shaanxi)

· Yinxu (1400 BCE: Longshan; oracle bones; ancient Shang capital; Anyang)

· Yonghe Temple [“Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple”](1695 CE: Qing d.Buddhist; Beijing)
Youguosi (Song d. Buddhist monastery-pagoda; Kaifeng, Henan)

· Yungang Grottoes [SR](460-525 CE: 252 grottoes, 51000 Buddha statues and statuettes; Datong, Shanxi)

· Yunju Temple (616 CE: Buddhist; Fangshan, Beijing)

· Zhenguosi (963 CE: Buddhist temple; Pingyao, Shanxi)

· Zhenjue Temple [“Temple of the Great Righteous Awakening”]/Five Pagoda Temple (Ming d. Buddhist; Beijing)

· Zhuhuasi [“Temple of Wisdom Attained”](Ming d.Buddhist; Beijing)

· Zunshengsi/Shanzhugeyuan/Zhenrongchanyuan (Tang d.Buddhist temple; Wutai)

HONG KONG:

· Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb (25-200 CE: Eastern Han)

· Stone Circles (Neolithic):

o Lo Ah Tsai (Lamma is.)

o Fau Lau (Lantau is.)

· Wong Tei Tung (Palaeolithic; Sham Chung)

GEORGIA: (p.USSR)

· Armazi (100 BCE; Mtskheta)

· Dmanisi (600 CE; Kvemo Kartli)

· Nokalakevi (1000 BCE; Senaki)

· Vani (800 BCE: gold objects)

INDIA: [Hindu temple (mandir)]

· Adichanallur (1800 BCE: 160 clay urns containing human skeletons; Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu)

· Aihole (600 CE; Karnataka)

· Ajanta Caves (200 BCE; Ajintha, Aurangabad)

· Badami Caves (600 CE: Karnataka)

· Bharhut (3rd c.BCE: Buddhist stupa; Satna)

· Bhirrana (Harappan: Fatehabad)

· Dholavira (2900 BCE; Gujarat)

· Dilwara (11-13th c.CE: Jain temple complex: Vimal Vasahi, Luna Vasahi, Pittalhar, Parshvanatha, Mahavir Swami; Sirohi, Rajastan; Mt. Abu)

· Ellora Caves (500 CE; Aurangabad)

· Gomateshwara [MA]( 1000 CE; Shravanabelagola, Karnataka)

· Jaugada fort (300 BCE; Bhubaneshwar)

· Kanheri Caves [SR](3^rd c.BCE: Maurya Empire; Mumbai)

· Khajuraho [MA](950 BCE; Madhya Pradesh)

· Kharligarh ancient fort (300 BCE; Bhuampada)

· Konark Sun Temple [MA](1250 CE; Orissa)

· Lothal (2400 BCE: Dholka, India)

· Mahabodhi Temple (250 BCE; Bodhgaya)

· Mankiala stupa (Rawalpindi); Sialkot (2500 BCE)

· Nanda Devi [SM] [Hindi: “Bliss Giving Goddess”](Uttarakhand)

· Pillars of Ashoka (300 BCE: Vaishali, Lumbini, Meerut (Delhi), Topra (Delhi), Kaushambi (Allahabad), Lauriya-Areraj, Lauriya-Nandangarh, Rampurva, Sankissa, Sanchi, Sarnath, Nigalisagar)

· Sisupalgarh (300 BCE; Khurda); Takht Bhai (100 BCE: Buddhist monastic ruins; Mardan)

· Vijayanagara [MA](1200 CE; Bellary, Karnataka)

INDONESIA: [Javanese-Hindu temple (candi)]

· Arca Bugisan (7 Buddha and Bodhisattva statues; Yogyakarta; S Prambanan Plain)

· Arca Dwarapala (1222 CE; Malang; E.Java)

· Arca Totok Kerot (Kediri, Java)

· Borobudur (9^th c.CE: Magelang, Java)

· Candi Agung (Hindu k.: Negara Dipa; Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan)

· Calon Arang (site inspired Balinese Leak dance; Kediri, Java)

· Candi Bacem (Blitar, Java)

· Candi Badut (8^th c.CE: Shivaite temple; Malang, E.Java)

· Candi Batu Jaya (6^th c.CE: Buddhist stupa compound; Karawang, W.Java)

· Candi Biaro Bahal (South Tapanuli, Sumatra)

· Candi Boro (Blitar, Java)

· Candi Brahu (Buddhist temple; Trowulan, Java; Mount Penanggungan)

· Candi Canggal (8^th c.CE: Buddhist complex; Yogyakarta)

· Candi Cangkuang (Shiva temple; Garut, W.Java)

· Candi Cetho [V](15^th c.CE: Javanese-Hindu temple; Surakarta; Mount Lawu)

· Candi Dorok (Kediri, Java)

· Candi Gambar Wetan (Blitar, Java)

· Candi Gana (reliefs, statues; Yogyakarta; W Prambanan Plain)

· Candi Gentong (Yuan-Ming ceramics; Trowulan, Java; Mount Penanggungan)

· Candi Jago (13^th c.CE: scenes of Mahabharata epic w/underworld demons; Malang, E.Java)

· Candi Jawi (13^th c.CE: Buddhist funerary temple, terraced sanctuaries, meditation grottoes, sacred pools; 80 sites; Tretes, Java; Mount Penanggungan)

· Candi Kalasan (8^th c.CE: Buddhist temple; Yogyakarta; W Prambanan Plain)

· Candi Kalicilik (Blitar, Java)

· Candi Karangnongko (Yogyakarta; Klaten Regency)

· Candi Kedulan (temple foundation; Yogyakarta; W Prambanan Plain)

· Candi Kidal (1248 CE: Javanese-Hindu temple; Malang)

· Candi Kotes (Blitar, Java)

· Candi Laras (Buddhist k.: Tanjung Puri; Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan)

· Candi Lumbung (Buddhist temple complex: 1 central, 16 smaller surrounding; Yogyakarta; N Prambanan Plain)

· Candi Mendut (8^th c.CE: Mahayana Buddhist temple; Kedu plain, Java)

· Candi Merak (10^th c.CE: 2 Hindu temples w/reliefs; Yogyakarta; Klaten Regency)

· Candi Muara Takus (11-12^th c.CE: Sriwijaya e.; Buddhist temple complex; Kampar Regency, Riau, Sumatra)

· Candi Muaro Jambi (11-13^th c.CE: Melayu k.; Buddhist temple complex; Jambi, Riau, Sumatra)

· Candi Muteran (Trowulan, Java; Mount Penanggungan)

· Candi Ngawen (8^th c.CE: Hindu-Buddhist: 5 aligned sanctuaries; lion sculptures; Yogyakarta)

· Candi Pawon (8^th c.CE: Buddhist temple dedicated to Kuvera, god of wealth; Kedu plain, Java)

· Candi Penataran (12-15^th c.CE: Majapahit k. Javanese-Hindu temple complex; stepped pyramid; Blitar)

· Candi Plaosan (9^th c.CE: Hindu-Buddhist temple complex: 2 main w/reliefs; Yogyakarta; N Prambanan Plain)

· Candi Plumbangan (Blitar, Java)

· Candi Rambut Monte (Malang, E.Java)

· Candi Sajiwan (Buddhist temple w/reliefs; Yogyakarta; S Prambanan Plain)

· Candi Sambisari (10^th c.CE: underground Hindu temple buried by eruptions from Mount Merapi; Yogyakarta)

· Candi Sari (8^th c.CE: Buddhist sanctuary w/9 stupas; Yogyakarta; W Prambanan Plain)

· Candi Sawentar (Blitar, Java)

· Candi Segaran (pond; Trowulan, Java; Mount Penanggungan)

· Candi Simping (Blitar, Java)

· Candi Singosari (1304 CE: Malang, E.Java)

· Candi Songgoriti (Malang, E.Java)

· Candi Sukuh [V](15^th c.CE: Javanese-Hindu temple; linga-yoni relief; Surakarta; Mount Lawu)

· Candi Sumberawan (Malang, E.Java)

· Candi Sumbernanas (Blitar, Java)

· Candi Surawana (1390 CE: Majapahit k.; Kediri, Java)

· Candi Tegowangi (Kediri, Java)

· Candi Tepas (Blitar, Java)

· Candi Tikus (13^th c.CE: Majapahit capital; irrigation system; Trowulan, Java; Mount Penanggungan)

· Candi Tondowongso (Kediri, Java)

· Candi Wringin Branjang (Blitar, Java)

· Dieng Plateau [“Abode of the Gods”](7-8^th c.CE: originally 400 Hindu temples-only 8 remain; oldest Candi in central Java: Abiyasa, Arjuna, Bima, Darawati, Dwarawati, Gatotkaca, Pandu, Parikesit, Puntadewa, Magersari, Nakula, Sadewa, Sembadra, Senjaka, Srikandi; Wonosobo, Java)

· Gapura Bajang Ratu (Trowulan, Java)

· Gedong Songo(8-9^th c.CE: Hindu complex; Semarang)

· Gerbang Wringin Lawang (Trowulan, Java)

· Gua Selomangleng (Kediri, Java)

· Gunung Sari (ruins of three secondary temples and primary foundations remain; Yogyakarta)

· Gunung Wukir (oldest Javanese incriptions; ruins of three secondary temples and primary foundations remain; Yogyakarta)

· Maros (Paleolithic)

· Pura Besakih [“Mother Temple of Besakih”] (14th c.CE: Agama Hindu Dharma; Bali; Mt. Agung-Mt. Meru replica)

· Prambanan Plain/Roro Jonggrang (850 CE: Mataram k.: 237 Shivaite temple complex; flanked by Vishnu and Brahma temples; Ramayana relief; Yogyakarta, Java)

· Pura Luhur (11^th c.CE: Hindu Balinese Sea Temple; Pecatu village, Kuta South; Uluwatu)

· Ratu Boko (8-9^th c.CE: Hindu-Buddhist temple w/royal garden and bathing pool; surrounding temples: Arca Gopolo, Banyunibo, Barong, Dawangsari, Ijo, Watugudig, Abang, Gampingan, Sentono, Situs Payak; E Yogyakarta; S Prambanan)

· Sangiran (Meganthropus: Surakarta, Java)

· Tanah Lot (15th c.CE: Hindu Balinese Sea Temple; Tabanan; Denpasar)

· Lake Tondano (Neolithic)

· Trowulan (13^th c.CE: Majapahit capital; Candi: Tikus, Brahu, Gentong, Muteran, Kolam Segaran, Gapura Bajang Ratu, Gerbang Wringin Lawang; Mojokerto, Java; Mount Penanggungan)

· Ngandong (250-28k BP: tropical-Neanderthal)

IRAN:

· Apadana (500 BCE: Persepolis)

· Bisitun [SR](transitional Neanderthal; 400 BCE; Jeyhounabad; Kermanshah)

· Darband (cave)

· Do-Ashkaft (cave)

· Choqa Zanbil (2400 BCE: Elamite; 1200 BCE; Dezfoul; Susa; Ahvaz)

· Ecbatana [SR](600 BCE; Hamadan)

· Firuzabad (224 CE: Sassanid)

· Ganj Par (Paleolithic; Gilan)

· Ganj Dareh (Neolithic)

· Gorgan (600 BCE)

· Jiroft Civilization (3000 BCE)

· Jondi Shapur (271 CE; Gundeshapur)

· Ka’ba-i Zartosht (Cube of Zoroaster; 5^th c.BCE: Persepolis)

· Kashafrud (Lower Paleolithic)

· Konar Sandal (3^rd m.BCE: Bronze Age; Jiroft)

· Kunji Cave

· Mar Tarik

· Naqsh-e Rustam (1000 BCE: Darius tombs; Persepolis; Marv Dasht)

· Pasargadae (Batrakatas; 6^th c.BCE: Tomb of Cyrus the Great; Persepolis; Marv Dasht)

· Persepolis/Takht-e Jamshid [MA](515 BCE; Marv Dasht)

· Qaleh Bozi Caves

· Shahr-e Sukteh/Burnt City (3200 BCE: Jiroft; Bronze Age; Zahedan)

· Soltaniyeh (1312 CE)

· Susa (7000 BCE; Ahvaz)

· Takht-i-Suleiman (5^th c.BCE; Phraaspa; Takab)

· Tangeh Bolaghi (5000 BCE: skeleton near Pasargadae)

· Taq-e Bostan [SR](226 CE: Sassanid Empire; Kermanshah)

· Tepe Musyan

· Warwasi (Middle Paleolithic)

IRAQ: [25,000 AS][step pyramid (ziggurat)]

· Al-Mada’in (Taq-I Kisra ruins) (312 BCE: Seleucia and Ctesiphon; Salman Pak)

· Al-Qurnah (Euphrates r. and Tigris r. junction; possible site for Garden of Edin)

· Arbela

· Ashur

· Babylon (3000 BCE: capital of Babylonia for millennium; 689 BCE: sacked by Assyrian Nebuchadnezzar; Al Hillah)

· Baghdad [SR](762 CE)

· Balawat

· Barda Balka

· Borsippa

· Colossal Bulls [MA](Nimrud; 713 BCE: Dur-Sharrukin/Khorsabad; Nineveh/Mosul)

· Ctesiphon

· Dur Kurigaizu

· Dur Sharrukin [“Fortress of Sargon”](706 BCE: Khorsabad)

· Eridu (5000 BCE: artifacts; traditional birthplace of Abraham; Basra)

· Hassuna

· Hatra (300 BCE)

· Isin (2000 BCE; Ishan al-Bahriyat)

· Jarmo (7000 BCE: Kirkuk)

· Kish

· Lagash

· Nimrud (1300 BCE; 883-859 BCE: Assyrian capital under Ashurbanipal II; Mosul)

· Nineveh (1800 BCE; oldest city of Assyria; 704-681 BCE: capital under Sennacherib; Mosul)

· Nippur (Sumerian capital; cuneiform archive)

· Nuzi

· Palagawra

· Samarra (6000 BCE)

· Shanidar cave (Neanderthal; 80,000 BP; Kurdistan)

· Sippar

· Shuruppak

· Tepe Gawra

· Ubaid (3500 BCE: terra-cotta figurine w/cone head and large eyes now in Iraq Museum)

· Ur (3000 BCE; Tell el-Mukayyar)

· Uruk (Ubaid culture; legendary walls built by Gilgamesh)

· Zarzi

Ante-Diluvial Flight Corridor (Sitchin): (see “vortex sites”)

1) Eridu (Home in Faraway Built); (c.5400 BCE; Tell Abu Shahrain; An Nasiriyah)

2) Bad-Tibira (Bright Place Where the Ores are Made Final) (Tell al-Madineh)

3) Laraak (Seeing the Bright Glow); (2800 BCE; Tell Sankarah)

4) Sippar (Bird City); (Tell Abu Habbah)

5) Shuruppak (Place of the Utmost Well-Being) (3000 BCE; Tell Fara; Al-Qadisiyyah)

6) Laarsa (Seeing the Red Light); (2800 BCE; Tell Sankarah)

7) Nibiruki (Earth Place of Nibiru) (Nuffar; Nippur)

8) Lagash (2800 BCE; Tell Sankarah)

ISRAEL:

· Alexandrium (104 BCE: Hasmonaean-Herodian fortress)

· Amathus (1100 BCE: Iron Age; 141 BCE: Hasmonaean-Herodian fortress)

· Amud (45-28k BP: transitional-Neanderthal)

· Ashkelon (2000 BCE)

· Avdat (3^rd c.BCE; Ramon; Negev)

· Bethsaida (Jesus fish and loaves; Golan)

· Beit She’an (1500 BCE: Scythopolis; Jezreel v.)

· Caesarea Maritima [MA](25 BCE)

· Capernaum (150 BCE)

· Cyprus (141 BCE: Hasmonaean-Herodian fortress; Dead Sea; Jericho)

· Docus (141 BCE: Hasmonaean-Herodian fortress; Jericho)

· Esbus (Bronze Age; 141 BCE: Hasmonaean-Herodian fortress)

· Es Skhul (250-45k BP: Neanderthal; Haifa)

· Galilea (45-28k BP: transitional-Neanderthal)

· Mount Carmel/Karem El (600000 BP: Neanderthal-Homo Sapiens; 1500 BCE: Canaanite sacred site; grotto of Elijah; Haifa)

· Mount Ebal [SM] (1220 BCE: ruins: Al-Kalah, Kunaisah, el Burnat; Nablus; Jerusalem)

· Gebae (141 BCE: Hasmonaean-Herodian fortress; Caesarea)

· Ezion-Geber/El Kheleifeh (8^th c.BCE; Aqaba; Eilat)

· Mount Gerizim [SM](Greco-Roman: Zeus temple; 6^th c.BCE: Hadrian castle; Nablus; Jerusalem)

· Et-Tell (1400 BCE; Beitin/Bethel)

· Gaza (2500 BCE: Egypt-Canaanite: sea port)

· Gezer (1350 BCE: Gezer Calendar; Abu Shusheh)

· Gibeon (700 BCE; al-Jib)

· Haluza (Halasa/Elusa)

· Har Karkom [“Mount Saffron”]/Jabal Ideid (Paleolithic cult center: 40000 rock engravings; possible Mount Sinai/Horeb; Petra-Kadesh Barnea; Negev desert)

· Hayonim

· Herod’s Temple/Temple Mount [MA] [SM](19 BCE: Jerusalem; Mount Moriah [Hbr: “ordained/considered by God”]: Temple of Solomon?)

· Herodium (40-4 BCE: Herodian fortress; Herod’s burial site; Bethlehem)

· Hippos (300 BCE; Horbat Susita)

· Hyrcania (141 BCE: Hasmonaean-Herodian fortress)

· Jericho (9000 BCE: Tell es-Sultan)

· Kebara Cave (60-48k BP: Neanderthal; Caesarea; Wadi Kebara; Hadera; Mt.Carmel)

· Lachish (701 BCE)

· Machaerus (104 BCE: Hasmonaean-Herodian fortress; Dead Sea)

· Malatha (141 BCE: Hasmonaean-Herodian fortress; Dead Sea)

· Mamshit (Negev)

· Masada (72 CE: Hasmonaean-Herodian fortress; palaces; Dead Sea)

· Mugharet ez-Zuttiyeh

· Neve David (15000 BCE: Mt.Carmel)

· Mount of Olives [SM](Jerusalem)

· Qafzeh-Skhul/Mugharet et-Skhul (100-90k BP: human remains; Nazareth; Mt.Precipice)

· Ramat Rahel

· Shivta (Negev)

· Shuqba (250-45k BP: Neanderthal)

· Tabun Cave (250-45k BP: Mesolithic-Neolithic; Ramallah; Mt.Carmel)

· Tel Arad (4000 BCE; Negev)

· Tel Be’er Sheva (4000 BCE; Beersheeba)

· Tel Dan (Golan)

· Tel Hazor (1800 BCE; near Kadesh)

· Tel Megiddo (7000 BCE)

JAPAN: [Buddhist temples (ji); Shinto shrines]

· Aizawa Tadahiro

· Fujiyama [V][SM](Chubu)

· Inamurayama [SM](Amanouzume fertility goddess Shinto shrine: divine phallus; Tosa, Kochi)

· Ishibutai kofun [MA] (Asuka, Nara)

· Iwajuku (10000 BCE; Jomon: Kakasake, Midori, Gunma)

· Miwayama [SM][Jpn: “August/beautiful room”](250 CE: Shito: shrines, 6 tumulus/mounds: Hashihaka, Nishitonozuka, Chausuyama, Mesuriyama, Andonyama, Shibutani-muko; mirrors, weapons, ornaments, coffins; Yamamato k.; Nara)

· Nantaiyama [V](pre-Jomon: phallic stone rods; 500 BCE: Yayoi: Shinto shrines; 767 CE: Futarasan Shrine; Nikko)

· Sannai Maruyama (Jomon: Sannai, Aomori)

· Tateyama [SM][V][Jpn.: “Standing Mountain”](Shinto: Oyama shrine; Hida Mts.)

· Yoshinogari (300 BCE; Yayoi: Yoshinogari and Kanzaki, Saga, Kyushu)

· Pyramids of Japan: Motoyama

OKINAWA:

· Sunken Pyramid [MA](Yonaguni)

JORDAN:

· Ain Ghazal (7250 BCE: Neolithic; Amman)

· Jerash (3200 BCE: Bronze Age)

· Petra [SM](100 BCE: Nabateans; Jebel al-Madhbah)

KAZAKHSTAN:

· Turkistan [SR](2^nd c.BCE)

KOREA: [dolmens (1000 BCE)][MA]

· Baekdudaegan Mountain/Changbaishan [“Long White Mountain”][V](2333-108 BCE: Gojoseon; Later d.: Buyeo-Goguryeo-Goryeo-Joseon; sacred ritual site; Jurchen-Jin d.; Manchu; Ryanggang, North Korea; Jilin, China; Heaven Lake)

· Gochang

· Hwasun

· Ganghwa

KYRGYZSTAN:

· Issyk Kul Lake [SR](500 BCE)

· Gazzalakonda cairn

· Sulayman Mountain [SM] (several millennia: place of worship; Muslim; Osh)

LAOS:

· Plain of Jars [MA](500 BCE; Xieng Khouang)

· Pha That Luang (3^rd c.CE: stupa; national symbol; Vientiane)

· That Dam/Black Stupa (stupa; according to legend: protected by seven-headed naga; Vientiane)

LEBANON:

· Anjar (c.600 CE: Umayyads)

· Baalbek [MA](2900 BCE)

· Byblos (3000 BCE: oldest port; cedar)

· Sidon (6000 BCE: Neolithic; 4000 BCE: Egypt-Canaanite; Phoenician capital)

· Tyre (2750 BCE: Egypt-Canaanite; sea port)

MALAYSIA:

· Niah Caves (40000 BP; Sarawak; Miri)

· Sungai Tingkayu

· Kota Tampan (300000 BP: Paleolithic; Lenggong)

· Bujang (Dragon) Valley (300 CE: Hindu-Buddhist)

MONGOLIA:

· Karakorum (13^th c.CE: Mongolian e.; Hujurt)

NEPAL: [Hindu-Buddhist temples, shrines (stupa)]

· Adinath Lokeshwar Mandir (15^th c.CE: Chobar)

· Bodhnath (500 CE: largest Buddhist Stupa in the world; Bagmati)

· Changu Narayan (3^rd c.CE: Vishnu Temple; Thimi)

· Kangchenjunga [SM] [Nepali: “The Five Treasures of Snows”](Himalayas)

· Machapuchare [SM] [Nepali: “Fish’s Tail”](sacred to Hindu Shiva; Annapurna Himal)

· Nyatapola (1701 CE: 5 story pagoda; Bhaktapur)

· Pashupatinath (5^th c.CE: largest Hindu Shiva pagoda temple in the world; Kathmandu; Bagmati r.)

· Swayambhunath/Monkey Temple [Tibetan: “shrine to the eternal self-existent flame”] (5^th c.BCE: Buddha teaches at site; 3^rd c.BCE: Emperor Ashoka built a temple later destroyed; 5^th c.CE; Kathmandu)

· Vajrayogini (Thimi)

PAKISTAN: [Buddhist stupa]

· Badshahi Mosque (1671 CE; Lahore)

· Butkara Stupa (2^nd c.CE: Mauryan; Swat)

· Dharmarajika [SR](3^rd c.BCE: Buddhist stupa; Taxila)

· Harappa (3300 BCE; Sahiwal)

· Kanishka Stupa [SR](2^nd c.CE: Kushan; Peshawar; Shah-Ji-ki-Dheri)

· Lahore Fort (4^th c.CE: gold coins; 1025 CE)

· Mankiala (7^th c.CE; Rawalpindi)

· Mehrgarh (7000 BCE; Balochistan)

· Mohenjo Daro [MA](Larkana) (2600 BCE: Harappa Culture/Indus Valley)

· Ranikot Fort (400-836 CE; Hyderbad)

· Rohtas Fort (1500 CE; Dina)

· Sialkot Fort (2500 BCE; 2^nd c.CE)

· Takht-i-Bahi (1^st c.BCE; Mardan)

· Taxila [SR](600 BCE: oldest university; Islamabad)

RUSSIA: [Shang d. China (Bronze Age) influence]

· Arkaim (2000 BCE: Proto-Aryans; Earliest Chariot; Chelyabinsk)

· Avdeevo

· Gambell Sites

· Ignateva Cave (6000 BCE: microliths, cave paintings; Chelyabinsk

· Krivoye Ozero (2000 BCE: Magnitogorsk)

· Mezin (13000 BCE)

· Okladnikov (45-28k BP: Neanderthal-human)

· Orvik

· Pazyrryk culture

· Pshada r. dolmen

· Sintashta (2000 BCE: Proto-Aryans; Arkaim)

· Talitski (13000 BCE)

· Ubsunur Hollow (between Tannu-Ola and Altai mts.) (4000 BCE: 20,000 burial mounds; Tuva)

· Uelen (500 BCE)

· Yeliseevichi

SRI LANKA:

· Anuradhapura (10th c.BCE: Protohistoric; ancient sacred capital)

Eight Great Places (Atamasthana) of Veneration in Anuradhapura:

1) Abhayagiri Dagaba (2nd c.BCE; Anuradhapura)

2) Jaya Sri Maha Bodhiya (288 BCE: sacred fig tree; Anuradhapura)

3) Jetavanaramaya (2nd c.CE; Anuradhapura)

4) Lankarama (stupa; Anuradhapura)

5) Lovamahapaya (building; Mahawamsa)

6) Mirisaveti Stupa (Anuradhapura)

7) Ruwanwelisaya (stupa; Anuradhapura)

8) Thuparamaya (1862: dagaba-stupa; Anuradhapura)

Other Structures:

o Dakkhina Stupa (2^nd c.BCE: stupa built over ashes of King Dutugemunu)Isurumuniya (4th c.CE: viharaya cliff temple and stupa; Tisawewa)

o Kiribath Vehera

o Kuttam Pokuna (bathing pool/tank)

o Magul Uyana (ancient garden)

o Naka Vihara (stupa; clay caskets)

o Queen’s Palace

o Rathna Prasadaya (2nd c.CE: skyscraper)

o Sela Cetiya (1^st c.BCE: stupa)

o Samadhi Statue

o Toluwila Statue

o Vessagiri (rocks and caves)

· Kalutara Vihara (world’s only hollow dagoba/Buddhist shrine with 74 murals of Buddha’s life)

· Solosmasthana (16 sacred places believed to have been visited by Gautama Buddha):

1) Abhayagiri Dagaba (2nd c.BCE; Anuradhapura)

2) Dighavapi (3rd c.CE: Buddhist sacred shrine; “Long Tank;” Ampara)

3) Diva Guhava (cave where Buddha stayed; Ratnapura)

4) Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi

5) Jetavanaramaya (see above)

6) Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara (before 500 BCE: Buddhist temple; Buddha visitation)

7) Kiri Vehera (3^rd c.BCE: stupa; Kataragama)

8) Mahiyangana (543 BCE: Buddha’s clavicle bone is enshrined; 2nd c.BCE: renovated stupa)

9) Mirisavetiya (see above)

10) Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara (5th c.BCE: Buddhist temple; visited by Gautama Buddha; Badulla)

11) Nagadipa (built by Naga kings)

12) Ruwanwelisaya (see above)

13) Sela Cetiya

14) Sri Pada/Adam’s or Buddha’s Footprint (Ratnapura, Sabaragamuwa)

15) Tissamaharama (2nd c. BCE: large dagoba-stupa; Rahuna; Yala NP)

16) Thuparamaya (see above)

SYRIA:

· Aleppo/Halab [SR](5000 BCE: Amorite; 1600 BCE: Hittite; 800 BCE: Assyrian; 333 BCE: Greek; 64 BCE: Roman)

· Bosra (14^th c.BCE)

· Dederiyeh (250-45k BP: proto-Neanderthal)

· Dura Eurpous

· Ebla [t. “white rock;” Sum.: “light beer”] (2500 BCE: Akkadian/Egyptian inscriptions; 17000 cuneiform tablets written in Sumerian to record Eblaite lang. <prev.unknown Semitic lang.; 2^nd oldest written lang. to Akkadian>

· Palmyra/Tadmor [Amor.: “town that repels”] (2^nd m. BCE: temple of Bel; crossroads between Meditarranean and Euphrates)

· Tell Abu Hureyra [SR](11500 BP: Mesolithic/Natufian culture; l.Assad; Aleppo)

· Tell Halaf (Neolithic; 750 BCE: ivory panel of tree of life; Iraq Museum; Ras al’Ayn)

· Ugarit [Arabic: “cape of wild fennel”] (6000 BCE: Neolithic wall fortification; necropolis; Phoenician; Ras Shamra)

· Mari (5^th m.BCE: 260 room palace; 25000 Akkadian tablets; Tell Hariri; Abu Kamal)

· Qatna (3^rd m.BCE: Bronze Age; Tell el-Mishrife; near Homs)

· Zenobia

SULTANATE OF OMAN:

· Amlah (Bronze Age: burial ground; al-Zahirah)

· Lizq (fortified mountain settlement)

· Ras al-Jins (settlement and burial area)

· Samad al-Shan (Samad culture burial area; al-Mudhaybi; Sharqiyah)

· Shir (burial ground)

THAILAND:

· Ban Chiang (4420 BCE: earliest Bronze Age in the world; Nong Han; near Udon Thani)

· Ban Non Wat (Neolithic: burials; ancient Khmer highway; Non Sung; Phimai; near Nakhon Ratchasima)

· Phra Pathom Chedi (4^th c.ce: artifacts; 11^th c.CE: Khmer prang; 1870; tallest stupa in world; Nakhon Pathom; Bangkok)

· Phra That Si Song Rak (1560 CE: Lan Xang-Ayutthaya Kingdom; stupa; Dan Sai)

TURKEY:

· Aigai (3^rd-2^nd c.BCE; Aeolis)

· Akdamar Is. (915 CE: Cathedral of the Holy Cross; l.Van)

· Akhisar/Thyatira (3000 BCE: Hittite)

· Alabanda (Greco-Roman; Doganyurt/Araphisar)

· Alaca Hoyuk (4^th m.BCE: Hattian-Hittite: mound w/burials in fetus position facing south, gold-iron sword, sun disk, sphinx gate, dams; Hattusa; Bogazkale)

· Alalakh (2000 BCE: Amorite; Tell Atchana; near Antioch/Antakya)

· Alexandria Troas/Sigia (310 BCE: Greco-Roman; Bozcaada)

· Alinda (2^nd m.BCE: Hittite; Caria; Karpuzlu)

· Alisar (4^th m.BCE; Yozgat)

· Allianoi (Prehistoric: Yortan vessel, flint stones; Hellenistic; 2^nd c.CE: Roman: insulae, propylon, nympheum; Bergama)

· Amuk (Antakya)

· Anastasian Wall (aka.Long Walls of Thrace)(5^th c.CE: from Evcik Iskelesi to Sea of Marmara- 56km)

· Ani (5^th c.CE; Kars)

· Antigonia (Syria)

· Antioch/Antakya [SR](4^th c.BCE)

· Antioch on the Maeander (Pythopolis; Kuyucak)

· Antioch, Pisidia (Yalvac)

· Antiochia Lamotis (Erdemli)

· Antiochia ad Cragum (170 BCE: Cragus, Sidyma)

· Antiochia Pyramum (Cilicia; Karatas)

· Antiochia, Lydia

· Apamea (Phrygia) (Greco-Roman; Burdur)

· Apamea Myrlea (202 BCE; Mudanya)

· Aphrodisias (Hellenistic; Roman; Caria; Geyre)

· Apros (Trace; Roman-Catholic; unknown loc; near Tekirdag)

· Ararat/Mount Judi [SM](mythological landing place of Noah’s Ark; beginning place of post-diluvial civilization; Sirnak; Armenian Highland)

· Ariassos (Antalya; Dag)

· Arycanda (2^nd m.BCE; Aykiricay, Antalya)

· Aspendos (1000 BCE: Greco-Roman; Serik)

· Attalia/Antalya (3^rd c.BCE)

· Catalhoyuk [t.Turk.: “fork mound”] (7500 BCE; Konya)

· Cayonu (7200 BCE; Diyarbakir)

· Cebrene (Greco-Roman; Alexandria; Bayramic)

· Ceramus (Oren)

· Corycus (191 BCE; Kizkalesi)

· Cremna, Pisidia (25 BCE)

· Didyma [MA]

· Digda (Tire; Odemis)

· Dorylaeum (Roman; Eskisehir)

· Edessa, Mesopotamia (2^nd c.BCE; Sanliurfa)

· Ephesus/Apasas (6000 BCE: Hittite; 550 BCE: Temple of Artemis, 7 wonders; theatre; Roman; Selchuk)

· Elaiussa Sebaste [t.Gk.:”olive”] (2^nd c.BCE: Roman; Silifke; Mersin)

· Emirdag (1437 BCE: Hittite; Afyon; Eskisehir)

· Epiphania, Cilicia (orig.Oiniandos; 2^nd c.BCE; Cukurova; Adana)

· Euromus (6^th c.BCE: temple of Zeus Lepsinos; Kyromus/Hyromus; Selimiye; Milas)

· Gobekli Tepe [MA] [t.Turk.: “hill with a navel”](10000 BCE; Sanliurfa)

· Gordium (12^th c.BCE: Thracian; Polatli)

· Great Temple and Yerkapi rampart [MA](2000 BCE; Hattusa/Bogazkale)

· Hasankeyf (1800 BCE)

· Hacilar (7400 BCE; Burdur)

· Hagia Sophia [MA][SR](532 CE; Istanbul)

· Harran [t.Akk.: Harranu, “road, path; campaign journey”](1100 BCE: Babylonian; Roman; home of moon god, Sin)

· House of Virgin Mary (Ephesus)

· Hosap Castle (Guzelsu)

· Iopolis (Greek: where moon goddess Io was worshipped; mt. Silpion; Antioch)

· Ivriz (8^th c.BCE; Eregli)

· Hattusa (6^th m.BCE: Hatti; Hittite capital; sphinx; Bogazkale)

· Jagca Koy (45-28k BP: transitional-Neanderthal)

· Kerkenes (pre-Hellenistic; Yozgat)

· Knidos (Hellenistic: Dorian Hexapolis; Tekir)

· Kadirli/Kars [SR](Hittite; Adana)

· Kaman-Kalehoyuk (Bronze Age; 1800 BCE: oldest steel fragments)

· Karaman/Laranda (Greek)

· Karatepe [t.”black hill”] (Hittite fortress)

· Kestel (3290 BCE: Bronze Age: tin mining; Taurus mts.; Karaman)

· Kultepe/Kanesh (2000 BCE; Kayseri)

· Kusakli (16^th c.BCE: Hittite; Basoren/Altinyayla)

· Kustul Monastery (752 CE; Trabzon)

· Magnesia on the Maeander (Hellenistic city; Germencik)

· Metropolis (Neolithic: temple of Ares; Torbali; Izmir)

· Miletus (Neolithic; Minoan; Cretan; Achaean; Akkoy)

· Nemrud Dagi [MA](62 BCE: Armenian Highlands, Adiyaman)

· Nevali Cori (8^th m.BCE: Neolithic: temples, monumental sculpture; Vedic; Urfa)

· Olympos (Hellenistic; Kemer)

· Patara/Arsinoe (Hellenistic: oracle center, theatre, temple of Apollo; Gelemis)

· Perga (12^th c.BCE: acropolis; Antalya)

· Pergamon/Bergama (281 BCE: Greek city; acropolis)

· Panionium (550 BCE: Ionian sanctuary of Poseidon; Soke; Izmir)

· Pednelissus, Pisidia (2^nd c.CE; near Selge; Kozan)

· Pepuza (2^nd c.CE: center for Christian church of Montanism; Tymion; Karahalli)

· Phaselis (700 BCE: Rhodians; Kemer)

· Pinarbasi Golu (spear heads, dagger, axes; Anatolia)

· Pompeiopolis (Roman; Taskopru)

· Sagalassos (8000 BCE; 14^th c.BCE: Hittite; Aglasun; Isparta; Burdur)

· Sardis (472 BCE: Greek-Persian; Izmir)

· Samosata (7000 BCE: relics; 160 BCE: Hellenistic capital; Samsat; Adiyaman damn)

· Sapinuwa [t.Hattic: sapi, “god”] (17^th c.BCE: Bronze Age: Hittite city; Ortakoy; Yozgat)

· Seleucia/Pamphylia (Greco-Roman: agora, mausoleum, necropolis; Side; Manavgat)

· Seleucia Pieria/Palaeopolis [SR][t.Gk.: “old city”] (300 BCE; part of Syrian tetrapolis- Apamea, Laodicea, Antioch; necropolis; Samandag)

· Seleucia Sidera (Roman: Egirdir; Isparta)

· Selge, Pisidia (Hellenistic; acropolis)

· Skepsis (Kursuntepe; Bayramic)

· Smyrna (3^rd m.BCE; 11^th c.BCE: Aeolian; Izmir)

· Stratonicea [name of Seleucid’s wives](Lydia)/Indi/Hadrianopolis (Hellenistic: Siledik; Kirkagac)

· Sumela Monastery (386 CE; Trabzon)

· Tell Tayinat [SR](Hittite/Aramean; Antioch)

· Tille (4^th m.BCE: surface pottery; Adiyaman)

· Toprakkale/Rusahinili [t.Urart.: “city of king Rusa II”] (9^th c.BCE; Van; Ararat)

· Tripolis (Phrygia)/Neapolis/ Apollonia/Antoninopolis (Greco-Roman: necropolis; Yenicekent; Denizli)

· Trocmades (Roman-Catholic; Eskisehir)

· Tushhan (Iron Age: Assyrian; Ziyaret Tepe)

· Tyana (2^nd m.BCE: Hittite; Nigde)

· Termessos (Anatolian: necropolis, theatre, gymnasium; Gulluk Dagi)

· Troy/Wilusa/Truwisa)

· Xanthos/Arinna (Hittite; Luwian; Greco-Roman; Kinik)

· Yazilikaya [t.Turk.:”inscribed rock”](15^th c.BCE: Hittite; Corum)

· Yenikapi [SR](6500 BCE; Istanbul)

· Yesilova Hoyuk [t.Turk.: “mound”](6500 BCE; Bornova; Izmir)

· Zeugma [t.Gk.:”yoke”]

· Zincirli Hoyuk/Samal (10^th c.BCE: Syro-Hittite)

TURKMENISTAN: (p.USSR)

· Merv/Meru/Margiana [SR](Prehistoric; 3^rd m.BCE: possible origin of Hindu Mt.Meru; 12^th c.CE: largest city in world; Mary)

UZBEKISTAN: (p.USSR)

· Aman-Kutan (45-28k BP: transitional-Neanderthal)

· Bukhara [t.Soghdian: “lucky place”] [SR](3000 BCE: Sapalli culture; 6^th c.BCE: Persian)

· Samarkand [SR] (700 BCE)

· Teshik-Tash (250-45k BP: Neanderthal-human)

YEMEN:

· Marib (2000 BCE: Sabaean capital)

· Zafar (110 BCE: Himyarite capital; Yarim)

EUROPE:

ALBANIA: (Ancient Greek)

· Antigonea (Chaonia; Saraqinisht, Gjirokaster);

· Apollonia (588 BCE: Gylakeia; Pojan, Fier);

· Berat (Bulcheriopolis);

· Butrint (1000 BCE: Bouthrotios; Sarande);

· Durres (627 BCE: Epidamnos/Dyrhacchion)

· Finiq (Phoenice: Delvine);

· Lezhe (Lissos);

· Orikum (Oricum);

· Shkoder (400 BCE: Shkodra);

AUSTRIA:

· Burgstallkogel (800 BCE: Urnfield culture; mounds; Gleinstatten, Leibnitz)

· Flavia Solva (Celto-Roman; Leibnitz)

· Grossmugl (600 BCE: Kalenderberg culture; largest burial mound/tumulus in central Europe; Korneuburg)

· Mittelberg Hill (1600 BCE: Bronze Age: star disc; earthworks; copper mine)

· Sandberg (300 BCE: Celtic city; Hollabrunn)

· Vindobona (Celtic; Vienna)

BELGIUM:

· Engis (250-45k BP: proto-Neanderthal)

· La Naulette (250-45k BP: classic-Neanderthal)

· Sclayn (250-45k BP: proto-Neanderthal)

· Scladina cave (100000 BP: Neanderthal)

· Spy-sur-l’Orneau (250-45k BP: classic-Neanderthal)

· Veldwezelt-Hezerwater (Palaeolithic; proto-Neanderthal)

· Weris I, II [MA](Durbuy, Wallonia, Belgium);

BULGARIA: (Ancient Thrace)

· Alexandrovo

· Borovo

· Duvanlii

· Tomb of Kazanlak/Kazanluk Valley (400 BCE: Valley of the Thracian Kings-necropolis; Kazanlak)

· Kralevo

· Letnitsa

· Lukovit

· Madara Rider (710 CE; Shumen)

· Malko Turnovo

· Nesebur

· Panagyurishte

· Perperikon [MA](5000 BCE; Kardzhali)

· Plovdiv

· Pormorie

· Ravnogor

· Rogozen

· Sinemorets

· Sofia

· Tomb of Sveshtari (300 BCE; Razgrad)

· Tatul

· Varna Necropolis (4600 BCE; Varna)

· Vratsa

· Vulchitrun

· Zlatinitsa

CROATIA:

· Krapina (250-45k BP: Neanderthal; castles; Zagreb)

· Vindija (250-45k BP: Neanderthal)

CYPRUS: (UK)(Ancient Greek)

· Curium (Limassol)

· Kition (600 BCE: Phoenician; 450 BCE: Greek; Larnaca)

· Salamis (1100 BCE: ancient city; Famagusta)[Cyprus Polis: Paphos, Soloi, Kourion, Chytroi, Kition, Amathus, Idalion, Ledrai, Tamassos, Kyrenia, Lapethos, Marion]

· Temple of Aphrodite (Ktima)

CZECH REPUBLIC:

· Dolni Vestonice (11000 BCE)

· Domica (7000 BP: cave paintings)

· Kulna (250-45k BP: transitional-Neanderthal)

· Mladec caves (35000 BP: cranial fragments; Olomouc, Moravia)

· Sipka (250-45k BP: transitional-Neanderthal)

DENMARK: [rune stones/picture stones (400-900 CE)]

· Stones of Askeberga

· Baekke

· Kerteminde (Funen)

· Lejre (Denmark)

· Lindhilm Hoje (700 CE; Aalborg)

· Thyra’s burial mound (Jelling)

ESTONIA: [stone ships (Viking)]

· Pulli (11000 BP; Parnu)

FINLAND:

· Astuvansalmi (3000 BCE: largest rock paintings in Scand.; lake Saima)

· Ukonkivi (Sami: Inari)

· Wolf Cave (130000 BP; Karijoki)

FRANCE: [MA] [dolmen]

· Arcy-sur-Cure (45-28k BP: Neanderthal-human; Avallon)

· Bau de l’Aubesier (250-45k BP: proto-Neanderthal)

· Biache-Saint-Vaast (250-45k BP: proto-Neanderthal; Lille)

· Carnac [MA](4500 BCE; La Trinité-sur-Mer, Brittany);

· Chauvet Cave (32000 BP: oldest known cave paintings; horses; Vallon-Pont-d’Arc)

· Combe Grenal (250-45k BP: proto-Neanderthal)

· Cosquer cave (20000 BP: cave paintings; Marseille)

· Correze (Dol-de-Bretagne menhir [MA](3000 BCE; Brittany)

· Glozel (Neolithic: 3000 artifacts, clay tablets, sculpture, vases; Vichy)

· Grand Menhir, Broken Menhir of Er Grah [MA](4700 BCE; Locmariaquer, Brittany)

· Kerzerho [MA](Carnac, Brittany)

· La Chaise (250-45k BP: proto-Neanderthal; Troyes)

· La Chapelle-aux-Saints (250-45k BP: Neanderthal; Brive-la-Gaillarde)

· La Ferrassie (250-45k BP: Neanderthal)

· La Hougue Bie (3500 BCE; Grouville, Jersey)

· La Quina (75-45k BP: Neanderthal)

· Lascaux (16000 BP: cave paintings; Montignac)

· Le Moustier (250-45k BP: Neanderthal site: 2 rock shelters; Brive-la-Gaillarde)

· Normandy

· Les Rochers-de-Villeneuve (250-45k BP: classic-Neanderthal)

· Moula-Guercy (250-45k BP: classic-Neanderthal)

· Pech de l’Aze (250-45k BP: Neanderthal)

· Regourdou (250-45k BP: classic-Neanderthal)

· St.Cesaire (45-28k BP: Neanderthal-human)

· Corsica: (France); [MA] Dolmen

· Filitosa (Propriano)[MA]

GERMANY:

· Altes Lager Menzlin (900 CE: Anklam)

· Bilzingsleben (370000 BP: Palaeolithic; homo erectus; Thuringia)

· Ehringsdorf (250-45k BP: proto-Neanderthal)

· Goseck circle (4900 BCE: Neolithic: Bronze Age)

· Hirschlanden (600 BCE: warrior sculpture; Hallstatt culture)

· Konigsaue (80000 BP: flints, hand axes; Saxony-Anhalt)

· Neanderthal Valley (250-45k BP: Neanderthal; Dusseldorf; Erkath)

· Pfahlbau Museum Unteruhldingen (Neolithic: stilt houses)

· Salzgitter-Lebenstedt (250-45k BP: classic-Neanderthal)

· Wasserburg (Bavaria)

GREECE: (Neolithic Bronze; Minoan/Mycanean)

· Abdera (700 BCE; Thrace)

· Aegina (2000 BCE: Temple of Aphaea, Temple of Zeus, Temple of Apollo)

· Aigeira/Hyperesia (3000 BCE: theatre)

· Aigosthena (300 BCE: fortified city)

· Akraefnion (Boeotia)

· Akrotiri (2000 BCE: Minoan eruption buried city; Santorini)

· Alifeira (370 BCE; Elis)

· Amfilochia (Aitolia-Acarnania)

· Amphiareion/Limnea of Kalamos (500 BCE; Oropos)

· Amphipolis (437 BCE: Edoni people; Serres)

· Amykles (800 BCE; Laconia)

· Anafi (Cyclades)

· Anemospilia (Minoan: Heraklion, Crete)

· Anthidona (Boeotia)

· Antissa (Lesbos)

· Apollonia (Milos)

· Apollonia (Sifnos)

· Apollonia (Eleutherna, Rethymno, Crete)

· Apsalos (Pella)

· Aptera (1400 BCE; Chania, Crete)

· Archanes (Minoan: Heraklion)

· Argos (Argolis)

· Arisbe (Lesbos)

· Armeni (Rethymno, Crete)

· Arta (300 BCE; Ambracia)

· Asclepion (300 BCE; Kos)

· Asea (Arcadia)

· Asini (Argolis)

· Athens [Odeon of Herodes Atticus (161 CE), Acropolis, Kerameikos (3000 BCE), Pnyx (507 BCE), Colonus, Areopagus, Kallimarmaro Stadium (329 BCE), Temple of Olympian Zeus (600 BCE), Temple of Hephaestus (449 BCE), Ancient Agora of Athens (600 BCE), Roman Forum, Theatre of Dionysus]

· Treasury of Atreus [MA](1250 BCE: Argos; Mycenae);

· Avlida (Boeotia)

· Bassae (500 BCE: Temple of Apollo; Arcadia)