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CategoriesPyramids
From Giza and Saqqara to Teotihuacan, Meroë and the contested mounds.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Early Nazca / Protopalpa 400 BCE–450 CE (peak 100 BCE–300 CE) · Nazca (Paracas → Nazca)
Ceremonial capital of Nazca culture (400 BCE–450 CE) with 40 adobe mounds over 150 ha, including Great Pyramid 28 m high (150 × 100 m base, 3 platforms) and Temple Hill pyramid 20 m.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Pyramid
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Step Pyramid of Dail Brown in County Kerry, Ireland is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) pyramid attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Pyramid
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Step Pyramid of Eilean Doab in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) pyramid attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Initial Period Casma-Sechín 1800–900 BCE · Casma/Sechín (Moxeke–Pampa de las Llamas polity)
Second platform of earliest planned city in Peru: 30 m Moxeke pyramid with warrior friezes over 200 compounds grid.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Ka pyramid situated south-east of Teti main pyramid inside enclosure wall near queens pyramids, built simultaneously with main monument.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Second Intermediate Period, early 13th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian (13th Dynasty; king foreign origin 'boar')
Only completed pyramid of 13th Dynasty at South Saqqara, for obscure Levantine-derived king Khendjer (c.
🇮🇹 Italy · Pyramid
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Tepe-Cross Pyramid in Sicily, Italy is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) pyramid attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Pyramid
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Pyramid of Abbey in Coquimbo, Chile is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) pyramid attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kushite Napatan (c. 700 BCE–300 CE; field pyramids c. 300 BCE–100 CE) · Kushite (Napatan 25th Dynasty descendants)
Hill of Jebel Barkal sacred mountain (98 m flat-topped sandstone pinnacle) with 10+ small Kushite pyramids of Napatan kings (c.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Pyramid
Angkorian Koh Ker period 928–944 CE (Jayavarman IV brief capital) · Khmer (Angkorian Koh Ker)
Brief Angkor capital under Jayavarman IV (928–944): Prasat Thom 36 m high 7-tier sandstone-faced pyramid 55 × 55 m base, steep stair east with giant garuda and yama free-standing sculptures, summit…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Formative 1400 BCE–300 CE (Escalera phase) · Mixe-Zoque (Chiapa de Corzo tradition) / Olmec–Maya bridge
Zoque Olmec–Maya capital with Mound 5 22 m and Stela 2 Long Count 36 BCE, earliest date in Mesoamerica.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Initial Period to Early Horizon, c.1400–850 BCE (peak 1200–900 BCE) · Manchay / Chavín (Early Formative)
Central pyramid at Garagay (c.1400–850 BCE, Initial/Formative Manchay/Chavín), 250 × 200 m base area (3 pyramids: Central 28 m high, north and south arms), U-shaped with atrium.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom 4th–5th Dynasty (c.2600–2450 BCE) Lepsius recorded as missing pyramid I · Old Kingdom (possible Huni/unattributed large base 215 m traced by satellite)
Lepsius I 215 m enclosure listed by Lepsius 1842, Barta suggests Huni 3rd Dynasty prototype?
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Archaeological wonder
Maya Preclassic 1400 BCE–100 CE · Maya (Mirador Basin Preclassic)
46-m Preclassic triadic pyramid, earliest monumental Maya 1400 BCE.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Pyramid
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Torr-Convent Pyramid in Buriram Province, Thailand is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) pyramid attributed to Harappan culture.
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Step Pyramid of City-Terramare in Henan, China is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) pyramid attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Lambayeque (Túcume I 1000–1350) to Chimú/Inca (1350–1532) · Lambayeque / Chimú / Inca
Huaca Las Balsas at Túcume — Lambayeque/Chimú to Inca pyramid field (c.1000–1532 CE). Among 26 adobe pyramids over 220 ha centred on La Raya mountain; Las Balsas (45 × 35 m base, 18 m high) excavated…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Late Intermediate (Lambayeque 1000–1350 → Chimú 1350–1470 → Inca 1470–1532) · Lambayeque (Sicán) → Chimú → Inca
Valley of 26 adobe trunk-pyramids (1000–1532) on plain around eroded Cerro La Raya hill: Lambayeque/Sicán then Chimú then Inca 26 pyramids 12–25 m high (Huaca Larga 700 m long largest adobe pyramid…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Maya Classic Late 600–800 CE · Maya (Moral-Reforma polity)
Twin Maya temples on San Pedro River, 300 BCE–900 CE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Late Moche (Moche V, 600–750) · Moche (Late Moche Galindo-Pampa Grande)
Latest Moche capital Pampa Grande (600–750 CE): 38 m Huaca Fortaleza mudbrick pyramid (~290k m³) with hilltop fortress and 1200 workshops, final Moche mega-city.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Late 3rd Dynasty (Huni, c.2630–2613 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Huni)
Huni provincial step pyramid near Ombos (ancient Nubt), 18.39 m base, 3 steps, 4.50 m high today. Limestone blocks with Tafla mortar, without burial chamber, with eastern ramp.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic to Postclassic (700–1300 CE) Puuc mixed; column rows classic 550 CE core · Maya Northern Lowland Column-tradition (Aké concentric column rows, 36 columns)
Aké excavated by Roys & Shook, 32 km sacbe to Izamal ancient white road.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Formative–Classic (350 BCE–400 CE) · Teuchitlán tradition
Guachimontón Circular Complex — Teuchitlán in Jalisco, Mexico is a Formative–Classic (350 BCE–400 CE) pyramid attributed to Teuchitlán tradition.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Parthian to Sasanian (248 BCE–651 CE) · Parthian–Sasanian citadel
Kuh-e Khajeh — Sistan Fortified Pyramid Hill in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran is a Parthian to Sasanian (248 BCE–651 CE) pyramid attributed to Parthian–Sasanian citadel.
