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From Giza and Saqqara to Teotihuacan, Meroë and the contested mounds.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Mississippian Early 900–1200 CE atop Woodland-Archaic · Mississippian (Lamar and Etowah)
17,000-year occupation culminating in 17 m Temple Mound, 900–1200 CE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Necropolis
Predynastic to Late Antique (3500 BCE–7th c. CE) · Egyptian (22nd Upper nome)
Nome capital at Nile bend with cow necropolis and small cenotaph pyramid.
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Western Han Wen-Jing 157–141 BCE · Western Han imperial
Mausoleum complex of Emperor Jing of Han (Liu Qi, r.157–141 BCE) and Empress Wang Zhi on Wei River terrace north of Xi'an, core of Western Han imperial necropolis (11 tombs).
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Pyramid
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Pyramid of Town Forge in Oruro, Bolivia is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) pyramid attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Unfinished pyramid of ephemeral 5th Dynasty king Neferefre (Raneferef) at Abusir: square base 65 m, only first step completed to ~7 m (planned 52 m).
🇮🇪 Ireland · Pyramid
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Step Pyramid of Northfield Bal in County Kerry, Ireland is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) pyramid attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Formative–Epiclassic 450 BCE–900 CE (Tula antecedent) · Toltec-Chichimec / Teotihuacano
Transition pyramid with Archaic cave paintings and early Toltec atlante precursors between Teotihuacan and Tula.
🇨🇦 Canada · Pyramid
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Pyramid of Wold-Ditch in British Columbia, Canada is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) pyramid attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Ka pyramid situated south-east of Teti main pyramid inside enclosure wall near queens pyramids, built simultaneously with main monument.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
late 3rd Dynasty?, c.2650-2600 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Low limestone rubble mound 20 m base at Athribis (Wannina) on west bank near Sohag: attributed to late 3rd Dynasty small pyramid but poorly published, surveyed by Lepsius and Schenkel.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Second Intermediate Period, early 13th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian (13th Dynasty; king foreign origin 'boar')
Only completed pyramid of 13th Dynasty at South Saqqara, for obscure Levantine-derived king Khendjer (c.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Pyramid
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Step Pyramid of Village-Playa in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) pyramid attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Pyramid
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Tepe-Cross Pyramid in Sicily, Italy is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) pyramid attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kushite Napatan (c. 700 BCE–300 CE; field pyramids c. 300 BCE–100 CE) · Kushite (Napatan 25th Dynasty descendants)
Hill of Jebel Barkal sacred mountain (98 m flat-topped sandstone pinnacle) with 10+ small Kushite pyramids of Napatan kings (c.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Temple complex
Middle–Late Preclassic 400 BCE–200 CE · Maya (Preclassic Uaxactún)
Second E-Group observatory 800 m south of classic Group E with twin stela-altars and mural palace.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Late Classic Maya 600–850 CE · Maya (Talol kingdom)
146-m Acropolis with jaguar stucco frieze, 600–850 CE Maya city.
🇲🇽 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…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Archaeological wonder
Maya Preclassic 1400 BCE–100 CE · Maya (Mirador Basin Preclassic)
46-m Preclassic triadic pyramid, earliest monumental Maya 1400 BCE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Epiclassic Mesoamerica 650–900 CE · Post-Teotihuacan Central Mexican (Xochicalco–Cacaxtla sphere, Maya artists?)
Epiclassic hilltop city 650–900 CE after Teotihuacan fall: leveled ridge with 9-m high Quetzalcoatl Pyramid covered 360° with exquisitely carved plumed serpent panels intertwined with seated Maya…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Early Dynastic to Ur III · Sumerian (Lagash dynasty)
Early Dynastic temple platform ziggurat Ibgal of Inanna at Lagash (Tell al-Hiba) — 40×30 m platform c.2500 BCE, precursor to classic Ur ziggurat.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Late Middle Kingdom, late 12th–13th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Two late 12th / early 13th Dynasty mudbrick pyramid ruins 5 km south of Dahshur at Mazghuna village: Southern pyramid 52.5 m base with intact quartzite sarcophagus and 42 t lid in U-shaped quartzite…
🇦🇷 Argentina · Pyramid
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Pyramid of Wadi Khirbet in Catamarca, Argentina is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Roman culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Step Pyramid of Cross-Cliff in Petén, Guatemala is a Moche (100–800 CE) pyramid attributed to Moche culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Preclassic to Early Classic, c.500 BCE–300 CE · Maya (Preclassic Lowland)
Pyramid E-VII-sub in Uaxactun Group E (c.500 BCE–200 CE, Preclassic–Early Classic). Eastern triadic platform of the canonical E-Group solar observatory: western pyramid E-VII aligned to three eastern…
