10 Oldest Temples of the World
Religion means a thousand words. The religions all over the globe are so diverse that it gave birth to amazing structures called temples. Temples have been built since ages and many new ones open their doors every year. However these ancient temples the list below were built millenniums ago by people who's religion and believe system are no longer practiced. These masterpieces are among the oldest manmade structures found on earth that are the true symbols of our glorious- past and present.
10. Palace of Knossos
Knossos, the famous Minoan Palace lies 5 kms southeast of Heraklion in Crete built gradually between 1700 and 1400 BC. According to Greek mythology, the palace was designed by famed architect Dedalos with such complexity that no one placed in it could ever find its exit. However, the main function of the palace is still an ongoing debate. It could have been probably used as an administrative center or a religious center. "Knossos on Crete never was a palace of the legendary King Minos, but rather a temple, designed for initiations and other ceremonies and rituals" argues Rodney Castleden, author of The Knossos Labyrinth: A New View of the 'Palace of Minos' at Knossos.
10. Palace of Knossos
Knossos, the famous Minoan Palace lies 5 kms southeast of Heraklion in Crete built gradually between 1700 and 1400 BC. According to Greek mythology, the palace was designed by famed architect Dedalos with such complexity that no one placed in it could ever find its exit. However, the main function of the palace is still an ongoing debate. It could have been probably used as an administrative center or a religious center. "Knossos on Crete never was a palace of the legendary King Minos, but rather a temple, designed for initiations and other ceremonies and rituals" argues Rodney Castleden, author of The Knossos Labyrinth: A New View of the 'Palace of Minos' at Knossos.
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Reader's comments(18)
1: For World's oldest temples.......Egypt Yes....then it should be the Indian Subcontinent before you include Greece, Italy, Turkey etc. Am shocked that not a single Indian temple is in your list.....remember Varanasi (Benares) is the OLDEST CITY IN THE WORLD after Babylon (Mesapotamia)
Posted by: Prof K S NARAYANAN - Saturday, August 3, 2013
2: Yes there are temples older than this-If somebody wants to know how old indian civilization is Read "Glimpses of world history" by Chacha Nehru.Then we will know what Greece and rome was like in prehistoric days.And even though our culture was humble and less of invading type we existed much ahead and that too civilised.Definitely there was ancient civilization as old as India (excavations in many sites in India are not moving ahead due to lack of technology and funds -only by another 20 yrs can the world know)in Egypt, Mesopotamia, china, central asia, North africa etc.But Rome and Greece a big NO sorry.ashok kumar
Posted by: ashok kumar - Sunday, July 21, 2013
3: There are much more older hindu temples in india.Why is silicon India always negelcts india and indian heritage and is it only temples or culture outside india is important
Posted by: Mohan Sathyanarayana - Sunday, July 14, 2013
5: very informative.
Dr.A.Jagadeesh Nellore(AP),India
Dr.A.Jagadeesh Nellore(AP),India
Posted by: Anumakonda - Sunday, July 14, 2013
6: This list not shows correct picture. There are lot of other temples which are older than these.
Posted by: Jayant - Wednesday, July 10, 2013
7: i totally agree to this article... as Egyptian Civilization is lot older than Indian civilization....first go and study history guys.......
Posted by: Darren - Tuesday, July 9, 2013
8: have u ever heard about the name "Cape Comorin or kumari kandam"... if u have known about this place u wouldn't be saying like this...
Subhash replied to: Darren post - Sunday, July 14, 2013
9: yes,they have carry award a oldest temple in world but, india (old India--pak, ban, srilanka, ) they carry large temple population in the world. above 50%. etc
rohit replied to: Darren post - Sunday, July 14, 2013
10: On what basis, we declare these as the oldest ones? Don't we have temples in India older than these
Posted by: Venkataramani - Monday, July 8, 2013
11: Generations perfect bonds.Amazing collections.
Posted by: ShibaProsadBhattacharyya - Sunday, July 7, 2013
12: Amazing temples, the ancient civilization had the art and extravagant talent
Posted by: Reena - Saturday, July 6, 2013
13: Making fool our temples are older than any other civilization in the world.
But what a silly... none of them were here!!!!!!!
But what a silly... none of them were here!!!!!!!
Bhawani Singh replied to: Reena post - Monday, July 8, 2013
14: bragging about India without going into facts alone had brought India to this state today The details say some temples are of 1400 BC BC and not AD Pl mention any temple referred as built before AD
vedagiri replied to: Bhawani Singh post - Tuesday, July 9, 2013
15: Pls check and lnow abt indian history 1st and u will kniw for urself that there r many temples older in india even b4 AD. One such e.g. Is Ajanta/Elora caves. I fuly agree not to brag w/o details...however it is equaly notable that many astonishing facts are manipulated and destroyed during various conquests which make us ave at western accomplishments.
fact replied to: vedagiri post - Wednesday, July 10, 2013
16: Dude this is western world what they think best hey put it, regardless of true
dhruv replied to: Bhawani Singh post - Tuesday, July 9, 2013
17: There may be some more temples in the world, older than these but whatever information given here are good enough.Thanks for the collection.
a.n.basu replied to: dhruv post - Sunday, July 14, 2013
18: Good information. at least we know more about Egypt.love to see all temples.
Meenareplied to: a.n.basu post - Wednesday, July 17, 2013
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