🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
El Palmar
Maya Classic 250–900 CE · Maya (El Palmar dynasty)
Ridge-top Maya capital revealing Copán–Calakmul dynastic marriage, 250–900 CE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat South — Giza Plateau (Giza)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat South in Giza Plateau, Egypt is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) pyramid attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Anu Ziggurat and Eanna Precinct of Uruk
Uruk Period (c. 4000–3100 BCE) → Jemdet Nasr → Early Dynastic; Anu ziggurat Late Uruk · Sumerian (Uruk)
Twin sacred precincts of world's first city Uruk (4000–3100 BCE): Anu District with White Temple ziggurat (21 m high limestone platform, U period) and Stone Cone Temple mosaic; Eanna District with…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Kincaid Mounds State Historic Site
Mississippian 1050–1400 CE (Kincaid phase) · Mississippian (Caborn-Welborn)
19-mound Mississippian town on Ohio River, 1050–1400 CE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Layer Pyramid of Zawiyet el-Aryan
Late 3rd Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Unfinished late-3rd Dynasty layer pyramid (Z1) of King Khaba, 84 m square base with 14 inclined limestone layers forming steep stepped core, intended 42–45 m high but left as stump 20 m high with…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Ziggurat of Ur
Ur III (Neo-Sumerian) 2112–2094 BCE core; Old Babylonian veneer · Sumerian (Ur III)
Best preserved neo-Sumerian ziggurat: three-stage mudbrick massif 62.5 × 43 m base, 30 m high (reconstructed), built by Ur-Nammu (2112–2095 BCE) and Shulgi for moon god Nanna (Sîn), with three…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Eridu Platform Extension
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Eridu Platform Extension in Moche Valley, Peru is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Jebel Barkal Pyramid North — Southern Alluvium (Nasiriyah)
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.
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Nuri Pyramid Chapel South
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Nuri Pyramid Chapel South in Xi'an Plain, China is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) pyramid attributed to Medieval culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Meidum
Old Kingdom, late 3rd – early 4th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Collapsing transitional pyramid built by Sneferu (or Huni) at the mouth of the Fayum: first straight-sided true pyramid attempt, originally seven steps encased to form 92 m true pyramid; outer casing…
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Edfu Pyramid South — Xi'an Plain (Xi'an)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Edfu Pyramid South in Xi'an Plain, China is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) pyramid attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
El Mirador La Danta
Late Classic · Maya
Giant Preclassic Maya pyramid La Danta at El Mirador (300 BCE) 72 m high (170 m with platform) 2800×1900 m base platform, largest pyramid volume in Maya.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Emerald Mound Natchez South
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Emerald Mound Natchez South in Giza Plateau, Egypt is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Edfu Pyramid South — Khuzestan (Ahvaz)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Edfu Pyramid South in Khuzestan, Iran is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Maoling Mausoleum Mound East
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Maoling Mausoleum Mound East in Khuzestan, Iran is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Medieval culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Nuri Pyramid Nu.1 (King Taharqa)
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.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Bandurria Norte
Late Preceramic Norte Chico Bandurria 4000–2000 BCE (3500 BCE main) · Norte Chico (Bandurria, Preceramic)
Northern mound at Bandurria 4 km south of Huacho on Huaura coastal plain: flat-topped platform 12 m high 90×70 m with sunken circular plaza 15 m diameter on summit, contemporaneous with Caral-Supe.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Mizpe Zohar Tumulus — Khuzestan (Ahvaz)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval
Mizpe Zohar Tumulus in Khuzestan, Iran is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) pyramid attributed to Medieval culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Calakmul Structure II
Late Classic · Maya
Massive Late Classic Maya pyramid Structure II at Calakmul (c.600 CE) 55 m high base 120×100 m, twin temples, burial of Yuknom Yich'aak K'ak.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Caral Pyramids
Early Horizon · Andean
Norte Chico pyramids at Caral (3000–1800 BCE) 6 monumental platforms 18–28 m high, Pirámide Mayor 153×109 m, oldest city in Americas UNESCO.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Western Ridge Tumulus — Meroe (Meroe)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Western Ridge Tumulus in Meroe, Sudan is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Classical culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Queen Nubwenet
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, c.2320 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Queens pyramid of Nubwenet, wife of Pepi I, far eastern row of Pepi I queens field. Side 21 m, height 21 m (equilateral section), limestone core with recut Tura casing fragments.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Nyuserre
Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, late · Ancient Egyptian
Sixth king of 5th Dynasty's 51.5 m high pyramid at Abusir (79.9 m base), smallest of Abusir cluster, built awkwardly among existing pyramids requiring diverted causeway through Neferirkare complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Bandurria — Main Pyramid Mound
Late Preceramic (Norte Chico), c.3200–2900 BCE · Norte Chico (Caral–Bandurria)
Main pyramid at Bandurria (c.3200–2900 BCE, Late Preceramic Norte Chico), 12 m high, 70 × 40 m base quadrangular platform with subrectangular sunken court 15 × 13 m. Contrasts with Caral; A.