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From Giza and Saqqara to Teotihuacan, Meroë and the contested mounds.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Late Preceramic Norte Chico, c.3800–2800 BCE (peak 1800 BCE) · Norte Chico (Vichama)
Templo Mayor at Vichama (c.3800–3300 BCE with major Late Preceramic build c.2800 BCE, Norte Chico), 50 × 70 m base, 16 m high terraced pyramid with summit plazas and elaborate stucco reliefs of…
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Moche (100 BCE–700 CE) Cao 450 CE mural facade; Wari-Chimú upper 800–1300; Cao Lady tomb 450 CE intrusive · Moche → Lambayeque/Chimú → Inca
El Brujo excavated by Franco 1990–, Lady of Cao 2005 tattooed ruler with 23 weapons.
🇨🇱 Chile · Pyramid
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Lis Cairn Pyramid in Coquimbo, Chile is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) pyramid attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Period Bronze Age · Regional culture Pyramid-Variant
Hydraulic Reservoir Pyramid 103 — Mexico Region 7 in Mexico Region 7, Mexico is a Iron Age pyramid with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Initial Period (1800–1000 BCE) major construction 1600 BCE; Preceramic fishing net 2500 BCE earlier · Initial PeriodCas ma (Las Aldas) coastal temple
Las Aldas excavated by Pozorski 1976, 1800 pyramid Initiation.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Maya Early to Late Classic, c.250–900 CE (I: c.400 CE, rebuild 600–700) · Maya (Kanul / Snake dynasty)
East Acropolis pyramid Structure I (? not largest Structure II 55 m, but I is 40 m) at Calakmul (c.250–900 CE, Classic megapower, rival of Tikal).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Maya Late Classic 600–900 CE · Maya (Pomoná Pacbul?)
Hill-terraced Maya port with Palenque war record, 600–900 CE.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Late Classic, c.730–734 CE, reign Hasaw Chan K'awil · Maya (Classic Lowland)
Temple I — Gran Jaguar — pyramid over tomb of Jasaw Chan K'awiil I (Hasaw Chan K'awil, r.682–734 CE), north of Great Plaza, 47 m high.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty early · Ancient Egyptian
First pyramid at Abusir (Sahure, 2nd king of the 5th Dynasty): famed for exquisite mortuary-temple reliefs, palm columns and a valley temple joined by causeway.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Classic Teotihuacan (100–550 CE) · Teotihuacan
Giant stepped truncated pyramid in Teotihuacan, largest Mesoamerican structure before Spanish, built over cave-tunnel. Avenue of the Dead aligned 15.5° east of north. Faced with tezontle and plaster.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Pyramid-Variant
Dolmen Avenue Pyramid 101 — Egypt Region 5 in Egypt Region 5, Egypt is a Iron Age pyramid with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Napatan early Kushite (860–650 BCE) → 25th Dynasty origin · Kushite Napatan (Piye, Taharqa ancestors)
Kurru excavated by Reisner 1919, 30 royal tombs incl. Piye and Tanutamun star vault 664 BCE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, c.2332 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Tiny queens pyramid south of Pepi I pyramid for Ankhesenpepi I — wife of Pepi I and mother of Merenre. 20.2 m base, limestone core, ancillary brick temple.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, c.2320 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Queens pyramid of Nubwenet, wife of Pepi I, far eastern row of Pepi I queens field. Side 21 m, height 21 m (equilateral section), limestone core with recut Tura casing fragments.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Late 3rd Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Southernmost minor step pyramid of Huni/Sneferu: 3-step limestone pyramid 22.4 m base, only ~5 m high, on east-bank ridge opposite Hermopolis near Zawyet el-Meytin village.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Middle to Late Preclassic · Maya (Preclassic)
Late Preclassic Maya super-complex: La Danta triadic pyramid atop 18 m basal platform, volume exceeds Great Pyramid of Giza. Center of Mirador Basin city covering >2000 km² with causeways.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Maya Late Classic, c.600–830 CE · Maya (Río Bec – Chenes)
Main pyramid Structure XX at Chicanna (c.600–830 CE, Late Classic Río Bec-Chenes transition), 12 m high temple-pyramid. Small tiered pyramid with Chenes false doorway and Río Bec twin-tower top?
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Napatan founding, c.750 BCE · Kushite Napatan
Founder's pyramid Ku.1 at El-Kurru for King Piye/Piankhy (c.747–716 BCE, founder of 25th Dynasty who conquered Egypt).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya · Maya (Mutal polity)
Tallest temple-pyramid in Tikal, atop 7 m supporting platform, roof comb; from summit see canopy and other temples. Part of vast Classic Maya city (16 km²) with ~3000 structures.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, c.2645 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Unfinished step pyramid of Sekhemkhet (c.2645 BCE, 3rd Dynasty), southwest of Djoser. Henri Zakaria Goneim 1951-54 excavated alabaster sarcophagus (empty) and gold armlets.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic Kingdom, c.180–170 BCE · Kushite (Meroitic)
Royal pyramid Beg. N.9 in North Cemetery of Meroë belonging to King Tabirqo (Adikhalamani Tabirqo, c.180–170 BCE).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Founder's pyramid of 5th Dynasty at Saqqara, 49 m base, 18 m high (originally 49 m), badly ruined rubble mound east of Djoser enclosure.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, late 5th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Last king of 5th Dynasty's 43 m high pyramid at Saqqara South, notable for first Pyramid Texts — 283 spells carved in underground alabaster-lined chambers to guide king to afterlife.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Late Preclassic, c.300 BCE–150 CE (peak 100 BCE) · Maya (Preclassic Mirador)
Tigre Pyramid at El Mirador (c.300 BCE–150 CE, Middle Preclassic to Late Preclassic colossus) — 55 m high, base 145 × 145 m, 18 m high temple atop, part of Tigre complex south of La Danta.
