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7 fact-checked facts about temples and sacred architecture around the world, each with the reason behind it. 5 more are in today's round and join this page after it closes.

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The basics

Angkor Wat is in which country?

AnswerCambodia

It is the largest religious monument in the world.

The Golden Temple, or Harmandir Sahib, is in which country?

AnswerIndia

It stands in Amritsar, Punjab.

Going deeper

Borobudur, the world's largest Buddhist temple, is in which country?

AnswerIndonesia

It stands on the island of Java.

Why were Egypt's Abu Simbel temples moved in the 1960s?

AnswerTo save them from flooding by the Aswan High Dam reservoir

They were cut into blocks and rebuilt on higher ground.

Angkor Wat was originally dedicated to which Hindu god?

AnswerVishnu

It later became a Buddhist temple.

Expert level

Gobekli Tepe, often called the oldest known temple site, is in which country?

AnswerTurkey

Its stone pillars date to about 9500 BC.

The vast Karnak temple complex is at which Egyptian city?

AnswerLuxor

Karnak lies on the east bank of the Nile at Luxor.

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