Visit Karnak Temple

Colonnaded temple in the middle of Luxor, best at night when the pharaonic statues and obelisk are floodlit.

Nubian Aswan’s feluccas and islands, plus the Temple of Isis moved stone by stone to escape the rising Nile.

Ramesses II's colossal rock-cut temples.

The best-preserved temple in Egypt, buried in sand for centuries and dedicated to the falcon god Horus.

Rock-cut cave temples in Maharashtra, crowned by the monolithic Kailasa temple.

Towering 9th-century Hindu temple compound near Yogyakarta.

Angkor Thom’s central temple, where 200 giant serene stone faces stare from 54 towers.

The "citadel of women": pink sandstone carved so finely it is called the jewel of Khmer art.