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From Giza and Saqqara to Teotihuacan, Meroë and the contested mounds.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Classical (regional) · Classical
Great Meroe Sanctuary Inner — Meroe (56-16) at Meroe, Sudan is a Classical (regional) pyramid of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 BCE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
🇧🇿 Belize · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya (250–850 CE), apogee 600–800 CE · Maya — Southern Belize polity allied to Copan
Classic Maya foothills city on karst ridge above Golden Stream, famed for Stela 14 (second longest known Maya text, 6 m visible, original 9.4 m) showing Big Hat ruler dancing with Copan Yax Pasaj…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kushite Napatan to Meroitic (500 BCE–350 CE; peak 250 BCE–100 CE) · Kushite (Napatan → Meroitic)
Largest Kushite pyramid cemetery west of Nile near Second Cataract: ~80 pyramids (densest Meroitic cemetery) and 200+ tombs, discovered by Lepsius 1844 and re-excavated by Vincent Francigny…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya, c.550-830 CE (Río Bec–Chenés, Late Classic) · Maya (Río Bec)
Becan (Békan) 1.7 km moat-and-earthwork-walled city (Campeche): 25 ha nucleated center unlike dispersed Río Bec — Structure VIII 32 m high Río Bec pyramid with twin solid towers flanking central…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, late 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Major queen pyramid on the 'Avenue of Queens' south of Pepi I at South Saqqara, belonging to Ankhesenpepi II, wife of Pepi I and mother of Pepi II (late 6th Dynasty).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Preclassic to Late Classic (400 BCE–900 CE) · Maya (Petén lowland)
Massive Classic Maya city 16 km NE of San Bartolo (400 BCE–900 CE) with 5 km² settlement and 35 m-high Lost World pyramid (12H3, 50x20 m base, 26 m high, 5 phases).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Southern Giza Mound Inner — Giza (56-01) at Giza, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (regional) pyramid of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 CE for mound and associated settlement.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Upper Lima Reservoir Inner — Lima (56-39) at Lima, Peru is a Bronze Age (regional) pyramid of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 200 CE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Late 12th to early 13th Dynasty (Sobekneferu / Ameny Qemau, c.1795–1785 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (late Middle Kingdom)
Southern companion unfinished pyramid at Mazghuna (late 12th/early 13th Dynasty, Sobekneferu or Ameny Qemau c.1790 BCE).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Classic (Late Classic apogee) · Maya (Sa'al kingdom)
Classic Maya capital Sa'al (Naranjo) hilltop city: 32 m triadic Acropolis pyramid, hieroglyphic stairways of Lady Six Sky's wars with Tikal/Calakmul 500 BCE–950 CE.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Kadada — Small Pyramid Cluster (Kadada Cemetery) in River Nile, Kadada, Sudan is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom …
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Khui — Pyramid Ancillary Enclosure (Dara, Asyut) in Asyut, Dara, Khui Pyramid, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old–N…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Hassuna–Halaf, Uruk, Middle Bronze (6000–1400 BCE) · Zagros–Mesopotamian interface
Mound on former confluence of Little Zab dammed by Dokan Lake, excavated 1957–59 by Danish Jarmo team (G. J.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Inner Lima Fortress South — Lima (56-28) at Lima, Peru is a Medieval (regional) pyramid of the Medieval tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Inca Late Horizon to Resistance 1463–1572 CE · Inca (Chinchaysuyu eastern frontier)
78-m kallanka—largest roofed Inca hall—within 2 km walled fortress, 1463–1572 CE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Lower Giza Enclosure B — Giza (56-24) at Giza, Egypt is a Iron Age (regional) pyramid of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for enclosure and associated settlement.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kerma reuse to Kushite (25th Dynasty–Meroitic) · Kerma / Kushite (Napatan)
Argo Island pyramidal mound-temple at Tabo — 14 m mudbrick platform with Taharqa Amun temple c.690 BCE and 8 Napatan pyramids 5–8 m.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Pyramid
Sailendra / Mataram Kingdom Late Classical 780–840 CE · Javanese Sailendra (Mahayana Buddhist)
9th-century Mahayana Buddhist stepped pyramid-mandala: 122 × 122 m base, 35.4 m high (originally 42 m with umbrella), 9 platforms (6 square 3 circular) crowned by central stupa 72 perforated stupas…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, c.1795 BCE (Sobekneferu) · Ancient Egyptian (Sobekneferu)
Southern Mazghuna pyramid 500 m south of north mound: 52 m base, now 18 m mound. Excavated by Mackay 1911. Mudbrick with limestone casing, undulating wall.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ~2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Minor step pyramid 6 km north Hierakonpolis (c.2630 BCE), 18.6 m base, near predynastic capital.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd–early 4th Dynasty (~2630–2600 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian
Fayum provincial step pyramid on Gebel el-Rus (c.2630 BCE, up to Sneferu), 25 m base, 6.8 m high, four steps.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Late Classic terminal · Maya Petexbatun
Chasm-ringed Petexbatun fortress Aguateca (c.770–810 CE): Palace Barranca palace-pyramid complex, burned and abandoned leaving Pompeii-like elite workshops intact.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Late 3rd Dynasty (Khaba, c.2650 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (3rd Dynasty, Khaba)
Unfinished stepped Layer Pyramid (Lepsius XIV) attributed to Khaba (3rd Dynasty) or Huni(?), 84 m base, ~20 m high ruin today (intended 42–45 m).
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Late Horizon (Inca) · Inca (Cusco imperial)
Inca road sanctuary (1400–1532 CE) at Limatambo pass on Cusco–Andahuaylas–Apurímac corridor at 2550 m, with Tarawasi polished polygonal gateway-mur retaining 4-m terrace, ushnu pla...
