Cambodia · early 12th c. CE
Angkor Wat
The largest religious monument on Earth, built as a map of the Hindu cosmos.
Medieval
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500–1500 CE
Medieval
Temple cities, trading kingdoms and mountain estates across every inhabited continent.
Indonesia · 9th c. CE
Borobudur
Nine stacked platforms, 2,672 relief panels and hundreds of Buddha statues in Central Java.
Medieval
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Mexico · c. 9th–12th c. CE
Chichén Itzá
Home of El Castillo, the stepped pyramid where a serpent of shadow appears at the equinox.
Medieval
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Zimbabwe · c. 11th–15th c. CE
Great Zimbabwe
Massive mortar-free stone enclosures at the heart of a trading kingdom linked to the Indian Ocean.
Medieval
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India · 14th–16th c. CE
Hampi
Temples, bazaars and royal enclosures scattered across a landscape of giant boulders.
Medieval
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Ethiopia · late 12th – early 13th c. CE
Lalibela Rock-Hewn Churches
Medieval churches cut from the living rock, still used for worship today.
Medieval
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Peru · c. 1450 CE
Machu Picchu
Precision stonework and terraces on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba river.
Medieval
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United States · c. 600–1300 CE
Mesa Verde
Stone cliff dwellings like Cliff Palace, tucked under sandstone overhangs in Colorado.
Medieval
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Chile · moai c. 1250–1500 CE
Rapa Nui
Nearly a thousand stone figures carved by Polynesian settlers in the middle of the Pacific.
Medieval
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