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From Giza and Saqqara to Teotihuacan, Meroë and the contested mounds.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Late Initial Period to Early Horizon (1200–400 BCE) · Marañón–Kotosh tradition / early Chavín sphere
Isolated hill-top mound on continental divide crest above Upper Marañón near Singa, Huánuco, forming Marañón basin response to Kotosh tradition contemporaneous with Kotosh–Huaricoto development 50 km…
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Early Bronze Age, Early Dynastic III (2600–2350 BCE) · Early Dynastic Sumerian (Nabada, Khabur)
Tell Beydar Mound — Nagar Nasiriyah in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Khabur (ancient Nabada), Syria is a Early Bronze Age, Early Dynastic III (2600–2350 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Early Dynastic…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic, c.300 BCE–350 CE (Meroitic Kushite) · Kushite / Meroitic
Meroe North Cemetery at Begarawiya ridge north of Meroe city: 44 steep-sided Meroitic pyramids 8-15 m base, 10-20 m high, with pylon chapels, stelae and offering tables.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Middle Horizon transition (Moche V – Wari 500–850 CE) · Moche V → Wari (Huari) intrusion
Eclipsed late Moche administrative city (500–850 CE) 12 km inland from Huacas de Moche (Huaca del Sol/Luna), occupying terraced hill with 3 civic–ceremonial mounds 10–15 m high (Plataforma Principal,…
🇧🇿 Belize · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya (600–900 CE) · Maya (Belize River valley)
Dominant Late Classic hilltop capital (600–900 CE) 8 km from Guatemala border atop 45 m limestone ridge giving illusion of height beyond its 25 m constructed mass (total 40 m above plaza).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Early to Late Classic (Kaanul period) · Maya (Kaanul / Tikal sphere)
32 m Late Classic pyramid XXVII at Naachtun — layered Preclassic→Classic pyramid bridging Mirador Basin collapse and Kaanul hegemony c.600 CE.
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Early Bronze to Middle Bronze Age (2600–1350 BCE, Hurrian Urkesh) · Hurrian (Urkesh)
Tell Mozan — Urkesh Pyramid Temple in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Tell Mozan (ancient Urkesh), Syria is a Early Bronze to Middle Bronze Age (2600–1350 BCE, Hurrian Urkesh) pyramid/mound site attributed…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, early 4th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Easternmost of three subsidiary queens pyramids lined north-south along the east flank of Khufu's Great Pyramid (4th Dynasty, c.2580 BCE).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom to early Kushite (1500–1000 BCE) · Egyptianized Nubian (New Kingdom Egyptian–Nubian elite)
Largely unsalvaged New Kingdom to early Kushite pyramid cemetery 22 km north of Semna system, with 15+ steep mudbrick pyramids (base 8–12 m, height inferred 10–15 m) over shaft tombs of Egyptianized…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
late 3rd–early 4th Dynasty, c.2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian (Huni/Sneferu)
Small step pyramid at extreme southern end of Elephantine Island, Aswan: 11.5 m base, three steps, now 5 m ruin of granite rubble and limestone casing traces.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c.1380 BCE (Amenhotep III) · Ancient Egyptian (Nebmaatra Amenhotep III)
Soleb Temple (Nebmaatra — Mansion of Millions of Years) on west bank at Soleb between 2nd-3rd Cataracts: Egypt's largest Nubian temple (134×56 m) built by Amenhotep III for Amun and self-deification.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Early Harappan (Kot Diji period, 3300–2600 BCE, type-site) · Early Harappan (Kot Dijian)
Kot Diji Mound — Khairpur in Sindh, Khairpur District, Rohri Hills foot, Pakistan is a Early Harappan (Kot Diji period, 3300–2600 BCE, type-site) pyramid/mound site attributed to Early Harappan (Kot…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Ubaid to Early Dynastic (5000–2500 BCE), High Temple Late Uruk 3500 BCE · Halaf-Ubaid-Uruk (Northern Mesopotamian)
Tall stratified tell 20 m high near Mosul, with Halaf-Ubaid to Early Dynastic sequence including the monumental High Temple terrace (Late-Uruk, c.3500 BCE) — mudbrick podium 11x10 m with niched…
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Tang Dynasty (Gaozong + Wu Zetian reigns 649–705; tomb built 684–706) · Tang Chinese
Unique mountain tomb leveraging natural 1047 m limestone hill Liangshan as pyramidal mass (natural hill shaped then faced), topped no artificial pile but mountain tomb representing Chinese 'mountain…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Ubaid through Early Dynastic to Akkadian (5000–2300 BCE) · Sumerian (Lagash / Girsu)
Tell al-Hiba — Lagash Mound in Dhi Qar Governorate, Al-Hiba (ancient Lagash), Iraq is a Ubaid through Early Dynastic to Akkadian (5000–2300 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Sumerian (Lagash /…
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Elamite, Middle Elamite period (1250–640 BCE) · Elamite (Middle Elamite)
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat — Elam in Khuzestan Province, Chogha Zanbil (ancient Dur-Untash), Iran is a Elamite, Middle Elamite period (1250–640 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Elamite (Middle…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Initial Period — Sechin (2000–1500 BCE), early Moxeke–Punkuri · Sechin / Moxeke–Punkuri / Cupisnique precursor
Known locally as Punguchuco (door/hat), adobe temple pyramid in Nepeña Valley tributary before Chavín, built by Sechin culture of Casma/Nepeña interaction sphere, contemporary with Sechin Alto and…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Ubaid to Early Dynastic (5000–2500 BCE) · Ubaid culture + Early Dynastic Sumerian
Tell al-Ubaid Mound — Eridu Region in Dhi Qar Governorate, 7 km west of Ur, Iraq is a Ubaid to Early Dynastic (5000–2500 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Ubaid culture + Early Dynastic Sumerian…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Classic (Early–Terminal) · Maya (Puuc–Oxkintok Regional)
Puuc labyrinth-acropolis (250–1000 CE) NW Yucatan — 3-storey vaulted maze palace and astronomical pyramids.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Neolithic–Chalcolithic, Samarran (6000–5500 BCE) · Samarra culture
Tell es-Sawwan Pyramidal Mound in Saladin Governorate, Samarra region, east bank Tigris, Iraq is a Neolithic–Chalcolithic, Samarran (6000–5500 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Samarra culture…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Hassuna–Samarran, Ubaid (6000–4800 BCE) · Samarra culture
Type mound for Samarran culture immediately south of Samarra on cliff overlooking Tigris floodplain, excavated by al-Adhami and Yasin (1964–69).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Middle Kingdom–New Kingdom · Ancient Egyptian
Compact island fortress mid-stream in Batn el-Hajar (≈ 351 km south of Aswan) built by Senusret III on narrow Askut Island between Shalfak and Mirgissa, controlling the rock-choked channel where…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Late Moche to Middle Horizon / Early Intermediate (600–900 CE dominant) · Casma (Sechín) culture, Moche substrate
Largest single adobe structure in Peru and largest pyramid by volume in the New World — 270 m long, 180 m wide, 30 m high truncated pyramid (4 platforms stepped) dominating Casma plain, debated Late…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Isin-Larsa, Old Babylonian · Akkadian/Amorite — Old Babylonian
Mound in eastern Baghdad now within urban fringe, excavated by Taha Baqir (1945–63), preserving complete Old Babylonian administrative quarter with 3000 cuneiform tablets covering law, mathematics…
