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From Giza and Saqqara to Teotihuacan, Meroë and the contested mounds.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Late Moche / Middle Horizon transition (600–800 CE) · Moche (Late Moche valley polity)
Last Moche capital after Huacas de Moche collapse (600–800 CE), 5 km² planned city behind Gallows Hill with Plataforma A pyramid (55x35 m, 10 m high terrace) as palatial-ceremonial core, surrounded…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Cacaxtla — Pyramid B Ancillary Mural North (Tlaxcala) in Tlaxcala, Cacaxtla, Mexico is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old Ki…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
El-Kurru — Ku. Tum.1 Ancillary Offering Chapel in Northern, El-Kurru, Sudan is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom / …
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Koh Ker — Prasat Thom Ancillary Causeway North in Preah Vihear, Koh Ker, Cambodia is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old King…
🇸🇩 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 to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Hawara — Amenemhat III Labyrinth North (Fayum, Ancillary) in Fayum, Hawara, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old–New …
🇪🇬 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.
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Early Bronze to Late Bronze Age (2600–1200 BCE), Amorite–Mitanni · Amorite–Hurrian–Mittanian (Qatna kingdom)
Major Bronze Age kingdom capital (2600–1200 BCE) 100-hectare walled city with 20 m-high Upper City acropolis and famed 150x100 m Late Bronze Age Palace of Qatna (2000–1340 BCE) containing intact…
🇲🇽 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 · Temple complex
Early Dynastic to Greco-Roman (Djoser 2670 BCE; Apis catacombs New Kingdom to Ptolemaic, 1400–30 BCE) · Egyptian Pharaonic (Memphite)
Great necropolis of Memphis: Step Pyramid of Djoser (Imhotep, 2670 BCE) – world's oldest large stone structure – plus 17 pyramids including Teti, Unas (Pyramid Texts), underground galleries, and the…
🇪🇬 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.
🇸🇾 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…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Sinki small step pyramid south of Abydos: 18.2 m base limestone 3-step to 4 m (orig. ~11 m), guarding Abdju necropolis c.2630 BCE.
🇨🇳 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.
🇮🇷 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.
