🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Sedeinga Pyramid ST1 (Napatan Queen)
Napatan to Early Meroitic, c.700–300 BCE · Kushite
Napatan queen's pyramid ST1 in Sector II at Sedeinga (c.700–600 BCE), 13 m base, part of 200+ pyramid cemetery stretching 4 km.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Chacmultún — Puuc Twin Pyramid Cave Mouth
Late Classic Puuc (700–900 CE) + cave use 200 CE · Maya Puuc (Uxmal sphere) and cave paint Chac cult
Chacmultún excavated by Thompson and Andrews, cave rain cult.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Satellite (Cult) Pyramid of Merenre
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, Merenre I, c.2287–2278 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Cult pyramid SE of Merenre Nemtyemsaf I pyramid (c.2283 BCE, 6th Dynasty) at South Saqqara. 15.7 m base, limestone, SE corner of enclosure, matching Pepi I pattern.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Abu Ghurab Sun Temple (Abuseir) – Userkaf & Niuserre
Old Kingdom 5th Dynasty (2494–2345 BCE) · Old Kingdom Egyptian (5th Dynasty solar cult)
Only two excavated sun temples of six built by 5th Dynasty kings, Abu Ghurab's open courts with granite obelisks (36 m) and alabaster altars (5.8 m) manifest Ra cult; Borchardt and...
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Satellite (Cult) Pyramid of Pepi II
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, Pepi II Neferkare, c.2278–2184 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Cult pyramid southeast of Pepi II pyramid (c.2278 BCE, 6th Dynasty) — last great Old Kingdom pyramid complex. 15.7 m base cult pyramid documented by Jéquier (1927-32) and Leclant.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Sinki — Abydos Provincial Small Pyramid
3rd Dynasty Huni provincial (c.2670 BCE) Abydos province · Old Kingdom
Sinki Abydos surveyed by Petrie, intact 12 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Zawiyet el-Aryan (Giza) – Unfinished Pyramid Field
Old Kingdom (3rd–4th Dynasty c. 2700–2560 BCE) · Old Kingdom Egyptian
Desert pyramid field with two enigmatic pyramids: Layer Pyramid (maybe Khaba) in stepped layers, and Huge unfinished Northern Pyramid with 21 m deep T-shaft (largest known) attribu...
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Nitocris — 6th Dynasty Uncertain Queen
Old Kingdom, late 6th–early 8th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Ancient historiographic pyramid attributed to Nitocris, female ruler placed by Manetho at end of 6th Dynasty, sometimes identified with Pepi II daughter Neithikret.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Kohunlich Temple of Masks East Frieze
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
Kohunlich Temple of Masks East Frieze in Quintana Roo, Kohunlich, Mexico is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Saqqara Unfinished North Pyramid (Lepsius XXIX)
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom)
Saqqara Unfinished North Pyramid (Lepsius XXIX) in Giza, Saqqara North, Egypt is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) pyramid attributed to Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
La Venta Pyramid Mound C-1 Terrace
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
La Venta Pyramid Mound C-1 Terrace in Tabasco, La Venta, Mexico is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇧🇭 Bahrain · Tumulus
Dilmah Burial Mounds Field A375
Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) · Bronze Age
Dilmah Burial Mounds Field A375 in Northern, Aali, Bahrain is a Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) tumulus attributed to Bronze Age.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Caral-Supe
Late Archaic (2600 – 2000 BCE) · Caral-Supe (Norte Chico)
Caral-Supe in Lima, Peru is a Late Archaic (2600 – 2000 BCE) ancient city attributed to Caral-Supe (Norte Chico) culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Semna West Fortress (Middle Kingdom Nubian Frontier Fort)
Egyptian Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian (Middle Kingdom)
Massive L-shaped mudbrick fortress of 12th Dynasty Sesostris III (c.1878–1840 BCE), southernmost of four forts guarding the Semna Cataract narrows at the Egyptian-Nubian border (along with Kumma…
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
La Galgada
Late Preceramic / Kotosh Tradition (3000 – 1800 BCE) · Kotosh / La Galgada
La Galgada in Ancash, Peru is a Late Preceramic / Kotosh Tradition (3000 – 1800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Kotosh / La Galgada culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Mirgissa Fortress — Egyptian Middle Kingdom
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty–New Kingdom · Ancient Egyptian (fortified settlement)
Greatest of Middle Kingdom Nubian forts, originally named Iken, built by Senusret III at narrow Second Cataract gorge on west bank, comprising a massive outer fortress enclosing harbour and an inner…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Bandurria Late Preceramic Pyramid Complex
Late Preceramic (Cotton Preceramic / Norte Chico fringe) · Cotton Preceramic coastal fishers (Bandurria culture)
Late Preceramic beach pyramid Bandurria (3500–1800 BCE): circular Mound 4 30 m ashlar pyramid with shicra fill alongside fishing nets — coastal parallel to Caral.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Sabi Abyad (Balikh) Neolithic Mound
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B to Pottery Neolithic to Halaf (7100–5500 BCE, Burnt Village c.6000 BCE) · Neolithic Balikh (Pre-Halaf, early Ubaid influence)
Neolithic clustering Tell Sabi Abyad (Balikh) 4 mounds I–III covering 10 ha, 8 m high on Balikh spring line: Pre-Pottery Neolithic B to Halaf (7100–5500 BCE) with rectangular mudbrick houses,…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Kajtun — Rio Bec Petén-Style Pyramid
Early to Late Classic (300–800 CE) · Maya — Rio Becmicroregion / Petén–Rio Bec transitional
Concentrated Petén-style site discovered as anomaly within dispersed Rio Bec zone 3 km north-east of Rio Bec Group B (18°22.510 N, 89°21.524 W per project coordinates), with 63 structures, 18 stelae…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Teopanzolco Double Temple Pyramid
Late Postclassic Aztec (Tlahuica) · Tlahuica / Aztec (Tlahuica Chalca)
Tlahuica double-shrine pyramid Teopanzolco (c.1400–1521): 35×45 m 12 m twin temples Huitzilopochtli/Tlaloc, earthquake 2017 revealed earlier talud-tablero Teocalli inside.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Qasr Ibrim — Cliff Fortress and Mound Settlement
New Kingdom to Ottoman (1500 BCE–1813 CE) · Egyptian, Napatan, Meroitic, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic
Sole major Lower Nubian site surviving inundation, perched on cliff now island in Lake Nasser, continuously occupied from New Kingdom fortress through Napatan citadel, Meroitic town, Roman fort…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Áspero (Caral) Maritime Pyramid City
Late Preceramic (Norte Chico Supe) · Caral-Supe culture (Norte Chico)
Supe mouth fishing-pyramid town Áspero (3000–1800 BCE): six low shicra-bag pyramids (Huaca Alta 10 m, Huaca de los Sacrificios with D-shaped offering) maritime twin of Caral.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Rio Bec Structure V Central Pyramid
Late Classic Maya (600–850 CE, Rio Bec style full fluorescence) · Maya (Rio Bec, Apogee of Classic palace-pyramid)
Type-site of Rio Bec architectural style (550–850 CE): dispersed low pyramids 10–20 m with twin solid towers and false stairs, vaulted palace chambers, and roofcombs — Structure V (5N2 Group A) is…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Nebka — Unfinished Layer Pyramid at Zawyet el-Aryan
Old Kingdom, late 3rd–early 4th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Massive unfinished step pyramid north of Giza known as Layer Pyramid or Great Excavation, situated at Zawyet el-Aryan between Giza and Abusir.