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🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, late Third Dynasty (c.2635–2600 BCE, unfinished) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty)
Lepsius I is the huge denuded square mound (215 × 215 m, ~20 m high) on the Abu Rawash plateau 7–8 km northwest of Giza, catalogued by Lepsius in 1842 as Pyramid No.I.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
late 3rd Dynasty, c.2650 BCE (Khaba) · Ancient Egyptian (Khaba)
Unfinished layer pyramid Z1 at Zawiyet el-Aryan between Giza and Abu Rawash: 84 m base, 5–7 layers intended, now 20 m high rubble mound of limestone with pink granite foundation.
🇪🇬 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.
🇪🇬 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 · Tomb
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Valley of Kings — KV34 Ancillary Side Chamber (Thutmose III) in Luxor, Valley of Kings, KV34, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) tomb attribu…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hellenistic Commagene (c.62 BCE under Antiochos I Theos) · Commagenian (Armenian/Greek/Persian syncretic) Hellenistic
Hierotheseion (tomb-sanctuary) of Antiochos I of Commagene (69–34 BCE), Nemrut Dağı tops 2,150 m peak with 50 m tumulus of crushed rock surrounded by three terraces bearing 8–10 m colossal seated…
🇪🇬 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.
🇮🇶 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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, early 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
First king of 6th Dynasty's badly ruined 52.5 m high pyramid at Saqqara (78.5 m base) with interior Pyramid Texts and basalt sarcophagus.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Napatan / Kushite · Kushite
Burial place of Napatan kings (c.664–310 BCE) including pyramid of Taharqa (52 m base, tallest Nubian), across Nile from Jebel Barkal holy mountain.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Second largest Giza pyramid, built for Khafre, retaining Tura limestone casing at apex, with associated Sphinx, valley temple and causeway.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Middle Kingdom (12th Dynasty, Itj-Tawy phase) · Ancient Egyptian
12th-Dynasty limestone-skeleton pyramid of Senwosret I at El-Lisht — 105 m base c.1971 BCE, Itj-Tawy capital necropolis with 9 queens pyramids and Sed reliefs.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Early New Kingdom (18th Dynasty) · Ancient Egyptian (Theban — founder of New Kingdom)
Last pharaonic pyramid — cenotaph pyramid of Ahmose I (c.1550 BCE) at South Abydos — 52.5 m mudbrick/limestone terraced memorial to Osiris, bridge to Valley of the Kings.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Late Middle Kingdom / Second Intermediate Period (13th Dynasty) · Ancient Egyptian
13th-Dynasty unfinished mudbrick pyramid at South Saqqara (Lepsius XXIX) — 52.5 m base 'Headless Pyramid' with robbed casing and unfinished quartzite burial chamber, c.1720–1640 BCE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
Dzibanche Temple of the Captives Stair in Quintana Roo, Dzibanché, Mexico is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
Teuchitlan Guachimonton Pyramid Circle 4 Altar in Jalisco, Teuchitlán, Mexico is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
Ixtlán del Rio Pyramid Shaft Tomb Shaft 3 in Nayarit, Ixtlán, Mexico is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom)
Elephantine Small Step Pyramid Island Platform in Aswan, Elephantine, Egypt is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) pyramid attributed to Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom to Third Intermediate/Napatan (1300–800 BCE) · Egyptian colonial and Nubian (Kushite)
Viceregal capital of Egyptian Kush (1300–800 BCE), 200×200 m walled town with 300+ pyramid tombs.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom)
Edfu South Small Step Pyramid Nag el-Mamariya in Luxor, Edfu South, Egypt is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) pyramid attributed to Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom)
Saqqara Pepi II Pyramid Courtyard East Wall in Giza, South Saqqara, Egypt is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) pyramid attributed to Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom)
Zawiyet el-Meitin Small Step Pyramid in Minya, Zawiyet el-Meitin, Egypt is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) pyramid attributed to Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom).
