Sacred texts and temple architecture — a living timeline

From the earliest known ritual spaces to the present day. Click any card for detail.

← earlier 10,000 BCE — first ritual sites 3,500 BCE — first writing 2,400 BCE — pyramid texts 1,900 BCE — Inanna 1,200 BCE — Vedic 500 BCE — axial age 0 CE — new traditions 600–1200 CE — medieval present later →

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