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Oracles · Mysteria

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Oracles

Every place in the atlas labelled oracles.

Places: 7
Countries: 3
World Heritage: 3

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex

Sanctuary of Apollo at Claros — Southern Bay Complex

Late Classical to Roman (Hellenistic oracle peak) · Colophonian Greek under Persian and later Roman oracle administration

Claros oracular bay temple Ionic prostyle over sacred pool feeding chasm, oracle hydrology.

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex

Temple of Apollo at Patara

Archaic to Antonine (Lycia) · Lycian Greek and Roman Lycia

Lycian League capital oracle Ionic 6×11, winter seat of Delos Apollo equal to Delphi.

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🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid

Pachacamac Pyramids

Lima 200–600 → Wari → Ichma 1100–1470 → Inca 1470–1533 (pyramids Ichma period) · Lima → Wari → Ichma → Inca

Pan-Andean oracle sanctuary 200–1533 with 17 ramp pyramids (Huaca del Sol Inca? Not, Pachacamac pyramids): large stepped terraces with central ramp (Ichma style 1100–1470), Inca Temple of the Sun 30…