Category: temple

Six Creepy, Defunct Sites That Reveal Taiwan’s Dark History

Aerial view of an excavation site at Girsu and archaeologists working at a dig site, a man looking through a tool.

The Incredible Discovery of a 4,500-Year-Old Palace in Iraq

Foreground: Farnese Hercules from the Baths of Caracalla. Background: Sancti Petri coastline, Cadiz, Spain, where the Temple of Hercules Gaditanus stood

Have Archaeologists Found the Temple of Hercules Gaditanus?

Ise Grand Shrine behind a fence

This Japanese Shrine Is Completely Rebuilt From Scratch Every 20 Years

The view looking down into a well with a spiral staircase and a compass design on its floor beside the view from the bottom of a well looking up to its opening.

Sintra’s ‘Initiation Well’ May Have Been Used For Knights Templar Rituals

Rows of ram skulls.

Over 2,000 Mummified Ram Heads Unearthed at Temple of Ramses II

Exterior of the Gereja Ayam + Exterior of the Göreme Open Air Museum + Exterior of the Lotus Lake Taoist Complex

The Most Eye-Catching Religious Buildings From Around The World

Aerial view of coffins floating in floodwaters

No One Can Escape Climate Change – Not Even the Dead