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From Giza and Saqqara to Teotihuacan, Meroë and the contested mounds.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Preclassic to Early Postclassic (300 BCE–1200 CE) · Maya — Oxkintok sphere, Puuc
Northwestern-most major Puuc site near Maxcanú, 6 km southeast of town, conspicuous for Satunsat labyrinth — vaulted maze with 3 floors and astronomical ducts linking to equinox sun, and triadic…
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (Uruk to ED) · Proto-Elamite / Jemdet Nasr
Early highland proto-ziggurat at Tepe Musiyan, Deh Luran — 50×70 m oval platform c.3100 BCE linking Uruk Susiana to Elamite highland terraces.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Early Postclassic 850–1160 CE (Tollan apogee 950–1150) · Toltec (Tolteca-Chichimeca, Nahua-affiliated)
Capital of Toltec Empire (Tollan, 950–1160 CE) spanning 16 km² on Malinche Hill: Pyramid B (Temple of the Morning Star) crowned by four 4.6 m basalt Atlante warrior columns on coatepantli (serpent…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ~2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Northernmost minor step pyramid opposite Hebenu, Minya (c.2630 BCE), 22 m base on limestone spur.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Lima 200–600 → Wari → Ichma 1100–1470 → Inca 1470–1533 (pyramids Ichma period) · Lima → Wari → Ichma → Inca
Pan-Andean oracle sanctuary 200–1533 with 17 ramp pyramids (Huaca del Sol Inca? Not, Pachacamac pyramids): large stepped terraces with central ramp (Ichma style 1100–1470), Inca Temple of the Sun 30…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya (Chenés) · Maya (Chenés / Río Bec)
Chenés monster-mouth pyramid Structure II at Hormiguero — 12 m stepped pyramid with 6 m Witz doorway c.600–850 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya 600–900 CE · Maya (Chontal-Jaina, Gulf)
Northern brick barrio of only brick-built Maya city: three temples with stamped oyster-shell bricks on swamp platform.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Formative (Zacatenco–Cuicuilco phases 800 BCE–150 CE; pyramid 400–150 BCE) · Central Mexican Formative (Cuicuilco)
Only circular pyramid in Basin of Mexico: 4-tiered terraced circular platform 135 m diameter, 25 m high (originally 27 m) with ramp-spiral stair ascending clockwise, built 400–150 BCE (late…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Epiclassic Bajío 600–900 CE · Bajío (Peralta/Plazuelas tradition)
Second sector of Guanajuato ballcourt city with petroglyph boulder field and U-pyramid 12 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Seila — Step Pyramid North Ramp (Fayum) in Fayum, Seila, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old–New Kingdom Egyptian. S…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
4th Dynasty, c.2520 BCE (Baka / Bikheris) · Ancient Egyptian (Baka)
Unfinished pyramid Z2 at northern Zawiyet el-Aryan: enormous square foundation trench 110 m base, oval shaft 15 m deep and 20×25 m, intended pyramid never raised beyond foundation.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Middle Sicán to Chimú 700–1375 CE · Sicán (Lambayeque) then Chimú
Golden Priestess tomb within twin truncated pyramids, 700–1375 CE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Central queens pyramid of Pepi II group, built for Queen Iput II (not to be confused with Iput I of Teti), sister of Pepi II or daughter of Pepi I.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Classic Veracruz 100–1000 CE · Classic Veracruz (Remojadas-Early Gulf)
26-m earthen platform pyramid on Gulf coastal plain, 100–1000 CE.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Neo-Assyrian (883–612 BCE imperial capital; ziggurat 883 BCE) · Assyrian (Neo-Assyrian)
Assyrian imperial second capital Kalhu/Nimrud (Assurnasirpal II 883–859 BCE): mudbrick ziggurat crowning citadel mound adjacent to Northwest Palace with famous Nimrud ivories, throne room and lamassu.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Early Dynastic to Parthian (3000 BCE–250 CE; ziggurat Ur III – Kassite layers) · Sumerian → Old Babylonian → Kassite → Assyrian
Religious capital of Sumer: never politically capital but seat of Enlil, father of gods, whose temple E-kur (Mountain House) dominated canal holy city Nippur.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Pyramid
Late Intermediate Caranqui 950–1470 CE to Inca 1470–1534 CE · Caranqui (Quitu-Cara, Cayambe) Cayambi-Inca
Northern cluster of Cochasqui Archaeological Park 28 miles north of Quito at 3100 m on Mojanda slopes: truncated earthen pyramids 20–24 m high on cangahua (volcanic) rock core, with ramps up to 290…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Classic Kerma to New Kingdom, c.1750-1500 BCE · Kerma (Kushite)
Eastern Deffufa 600 m east of Western Deffufa at Kerma: smaller solid mudbrick massif 24×24 m, 11 m high, with chapel and enclosure. Excavated by Reisner and Bonnet.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Old Babylonian to Neo-Babylonian (Hammurabi to Nebuchadnezzar II peak 605–562 BCE) · Babylonian (Borsippa)
Mighty 7-stage ziggurat dedicated to Nabu (god of writing, son of Marduk), rival to Babylon's Etemenanki as 'Temple that Exalts Nabu' E-zida.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Small queens pyramid south of Pepi I complex, built for Ankhenespepi III, daughter of Merenre Nemtyemsaf I and granddaughter of Pepi I/Ankhenespepi I, who married Pepi II.
🇨🇦 Canada · Pyramid
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Pyramid of Quay Jala in British Columbia, Canada is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) pyramid attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Pyramid
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Pyramid of Hermitage in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) pyramid attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Abad Down Brancaster Pyramid in Balochistan, Pakistan is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) pyramid attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Middle Formative Olmec 1000–400 BCE (pyramid c. 1000–600 BCE) · Olmec
Olmec capital La Venta (1000–400 BCE) great pyramid Complex C: 31–33 m high clay mound (150 × 130 m base, volume 100,000 m³), earliest known intentional pyramid in Mesoamerica (1000 BCE) – uniquely…
