Visit Wat Mahathat, a historic temple in Thailand known for its iconic Buddha head entwined in tree roots
Visit the site of the Temple of Artemis
One of Shintoโs holiest shrines, said to house the sacred sword of the imperial regalia, set in a 1,000-year-old camphor forest.
Buddhist temple where three million people come at New Year to ward off bad luck โ and where the incense-smoke ritual is part of the visit.
The best-preserved temple in Egypt, buried in sand for centuries and dedicated to the falcon god Horus.
Taiwan's old capital: Dutch forts, hundreds of temples and the best street food on the island.
Ancient temple that gave Macau its name.
Kushite temples standing alone in the desert east of the Nile.
Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple.
The only Greco-Roman colonnaded temple in the former Soviet Union, first-century, above the basalt columns of the Garni gorge.
Colonnaded temple in the middle of Luxor, best at night when the pharaonic statues and obelisk are floodlit.
Judaismโs holiest prayer site, the retaining wall of the Second Temple.
Nubian Aswanโs feluccas and islands, plus the Temple of Isis moved stone by stone to escape the rising Nile.
Sikhism's radiant golden shrine.
Boulder-strewn ruins of the Vijayanagara empire along the Tungabhadra river.
Shrine to the god of learning where students pray before exams, reached along a lane of plum-blossom mochi shops.
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