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From Giza and Saqqara to Teotihuacan, Meroë and the contested mounds.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
New Meroe Mound Central — Meroe (53-46) at Meroe, Sudan is a Medieval (regional) pyramid of the Medieval tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian (3000–1750 BCE) · Akkadian, Eshnunna, Babylonian
Provincial capital of Hamrin–Diyala corridor identified as Me-Turan, twin to Tell Haddad and Tell al-Sib excavated 1977–87 by Iraqi State Board before Hamrin Dam, yielding 3000 cuneiform tablets of…
🇬🇹 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
Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, c.2400 BCE (Menkauhor or ephemeral king) · Ancient Egyptian
Small pyramid Lepsius XXIX (Headless Pyramid) 200 m northeast of Khendjer complex, Saqqara south: 52 m base, now 20 m headless rubble mound, Tura limestone casing entirely robbed.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, c.1800 BCE (Amenemhat IV) · Ancient Egyptian (Middle Kingdom, Amenemhat IV)
Northern of two Mazghuna mudbrick pyramids 4 km south of Dahshur: 50 m base, now 20 m vegetated mound. Excavated by Ernest Mackay 1910-11.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom; Maya
Palenque — Temple of Inscriptions North Gallery in Chiapas, Palenque, Mexico is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom /…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
late 3rd–early 4th Dynasty, c.2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian (Huni/Sneferu)
Small three-step pyramid at Zawyet el-Meytin, 10 km south of Minya on east bank spur: 10.5 m base, 3 steps, now 4.5 m limestone ruin.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Late 3rd Dynasty (Huni, c.2630 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Huni)
Huni minor step pyramid 18.63 m base, 3 steps, ~8 m high today of limestone with eastern chapel trace, on desert slope 2.5 km west of Hierakonpolis predynastic capital (Nekhen).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
late 3rd–early 4th Dynasty, c.2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian (Huni/Sneferu)
Three-step small pyramid at Ombos (Kom el-Ahmar) west of Naqada: 14 m base, 3 steps, now low mound. Excavated by Flinders Petrie, Quibell and later Kaiser-Dreyer.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Northernmost Huni small step pyramid at Tell Athribis (Delta): 18 m limestone 3-step, now leveled, 45 km north of Cairo c.2630 BCE — Delta terminus of 800 km network.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Classic Veracruz (Epiclassic) 600–1200 CE · Classic Veracruz / Totonac (? predecessor)
Classic Veracruz capital 600–1200 CE with unique architectural style: 7-tier pyramid 18 m high (365 niches one per solar year, 365× depth shadows), flying cornices and scroll greca frieze, ballcourt…
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Early Bronze Age (EB I–II, c. 3000–2500 BCE) · Euphrates Early Bronze, Kranzhügel culture precursor
Tell on Euphrates terrace south of Carchemish, excavated by Algaze and Breunig as part of Euphrates salvage, revealing Early Bronze planned town with orthogonal streets, temple on high terrace and…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya c. 700 CE (c. 734 dedication?) · Maya (Tikal)
Western twin of Temple I: 38 m high pyramid with temple summit south of Great Plaza (facing east toward Temple I), built for wife of Jasaw Chan K'awiil I (Lady 12 Macaw).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Maya Late Classic Puuc 600–900 CE · Maya (Puuc Chenes)
Puuc mosaic palace with stacked Chaac masks, 600–900 CE.
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Period Medieval · Regional culture Pyramid-Variant
Geoglyph Panel Pyramid 29 — China Region 5 in China Region 5, China is a Bronze Age pyramid with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Mudbrick pyramid of Senwosret II at El-Lahun, gateway to Fayum, 48 m high 106 m base (angle 42°35'), innovative limestone framework walls radiating from rock core filled with mudbrick.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Proto-Elamite / Early Bronze Age, c.3000–2600 BCE (Sialk III-IV) · Proto-Elamite
High platform (proto-ziggurat) on South Tappeh at Tepe Sialk (c.3000–2600 BCE, Proto-Elamite / Early Bronze Age).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
5th Dyna Unas? Lepsius XXIX; now identified as Menkauhor local 2390 BCE? · Old Kingdom 5th Dynasty possibly Menkauhor Kaiu
Headless Pyramid excavated by Hawass 2008, Menkauhor identification, substructure with portcullis.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Jebel Barkal Pyramid North in Southern Alluvium, Iraq is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Napatan, 25th Dynasty, c.690–664 BCE · Kushite (Egyptianized Napatan)
Largest pyramid at Nuri (Nu.1) for Taharqa (c.664 BCE, 25th Dynasty), 52 m base, 40–50 m original height.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic (720 BCE–350 CE) South Field 100 pyramids earliest 8th c. BCE start · Meroitic including Candace (Kandake) queens like Amanitore
Beg South excavated by Garstang 1910 and Reisner, Kandake S6 170 BCE queen ruling.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, late 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Last great pyramid of the Old Kingdom for the longest-reigning pharaoh (traditionally 94 years, modern 64+): 78.75 m base, 52.5 m high, tallest South Saqqara pyramid with extensive Pyramid Texts,…
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Late Archaic 3000–2500 BCE · Norte Chico (Caral maritime)
Coastal port six pyramids, fish-for-cotton, 3000–2500 BCE.
🇨🇳 China · Tumulus
Koguryo/Goguryeo (3rd–5th c. CE c. 400 CE) · Goguryeo/Koguryo Korean-Chinese
Jilin Koguryo pyramid excavated 1900, tomb of General as tradition, UNESCO 2004 Koguryo cross-border.
