(Top 7 Oldest Temples In The World)
1. Palace of Knossos: The "Palace of Knossos" is located just south of modern-day Heraklion near the north coast of Crete. It was built by a civilization that we call " Minoans" The temple covers about 150,000 square feet, which can be compared to the size of more than two "Football - Fields." and was surrounded by a town in Antiquity. This temple eventually became the ceremonial and political center of the "Minoan" civilization and culture. In the First Palace Period (around 2,000 BC), the urban area reached a size of as many as 18,000 people. This temple was the center of administration of the entire island during Minoan times,
2. Gobekli Tepe: This Temple is one of the most important archaeological sites in the world. It is an archaeological site in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, approximately 12 km northeast of Şanlıurfa. Each pillar of this temple has a height up to 6 m and weighs up to 10 Tons. The discovery of this stunning 10,000-year-old site in the 1990s CE. This temple The temples were discovered by a German archeologist - " Klaus Schmidt." The temples contain 3-meter pillars situated in the round.
3. Temple of Amanda: It is the oldest surviving monument on Lake Nasser. It was built jointly by 18th-dynasty pharaohs Tuthmosis III in (1479 - 1425 BC). Later on, This Temple has moved about 2.6 km from its original; location. (Lake- Nasser)
4. Maa Mundeshwari Temple: The "Mundeshwari Devi Temple" is located at Ramgarh Village in the "Kaimur" District in the state of "Bihar".The stone carvings of the "Mundeshwari Devi" temple are of Gupta period. It is an octagonal temple made of stone. In the Eastern section of this temple, the grand and ancient idol of the goddess Mundeshwari is the center of the main attraction. It is an ancient temple dedicated to Lord Shiva and Shakti's worship and is considered one of the oldest Hindu temples in India.
5. Temple of Hatshepsut: The Mortuary temple of " Hatshepsut" also known as the (Djeser-Djeseru) which means " Holy of Holies."This temple was built to commemorate the achievements of the great Queen Hatshepsut(18th Dynasty), and as a funerary temple for her, as well as a sanctuary of the God. This temple was located in "Upper Egypt." It is considered to be one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt."
6. Ggantija Temple: This was the temple built 5500 years ago. It is a UNESCO world heritage megalithic complexes in Malta's sister island Gozo. The Ġgantija temples are the earliest of the "Megalithic Temples of The Malta" and are older than the "Pyramids of Egypt." The "Ggantija Temples" are the world's oldest free-standing structures and the world's oldest religious structures, pre-dating the Pyramids of Egypt and Stonehenge.
7. Hagar Qim and Mnajdra: "Ħaġar Qim" is a megalithic temple complex found on the Mediterranean island of Malta; this temple was built between 3600 and 3200 BC. Its complex consists of the main temple and three additional megalithic structures beside it. The Megalithic Temples of Malta are among the most ancient religious sites on Earth, described by the World Heritage Sites.
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