🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Aspero Huaca Alta
Early Horizon · Andean
Coastal satellite of Caral at Aspero (Huaca Alta) Late Preceramic 120×30 m platform mound, Nishiwaki.
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🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Early Horizon · Andean
Coastal satellite of Caral at Aspero (Huaca Alta) Late Preceramic 120×30 m platform mound, Nishiwaki.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Brief-reigned 6th Dynasty king Merenre's unfinished? pyramid between Pepi I and Djedkare Isesi at South Saqqara, base 78.75 m, attempted height 52.5 m, with fine Pyramid Texts and polychrome relief…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Maya Late Classic, c.590–830 CE · Maya (Río Bec)
Twin-tower pyramid Structure VIII south of Becan moated citadel (c.590–830 CE, Late Classic Río Bec). 12 m high, two hollow towers flanking central stair leading to upper temple with three rooms.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, c.2325 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Small queens pyramid recorded by Leclant mission south of Pepi I field for Nedjeftet (variant Wadjebten-related name, wife of Pepi I). 20 m base, unpublished Lauer sketches.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic Kingdom · Kushite / Meroitic
Royal cemetery of Kushite Kingdom of Meroë (300 BCE–350 CE) with ~200 steep Nubian pyramids, smaller and narrower than Egyptian, with offering chapels decorated with Egyptian-Kushite reliefs.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Preclassic to Postclassic (300 BCE – 1200 CE) · Mix: Cholulteca, Teotihuacan, Olmeca-Xicallanca
Largest pyramid by volume in world: 450 m sided adobe brick pyramid with successive construction phases, now hill topped by Spanish church of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Period Classical · Regional culture Pyramid-Variant
Geoglyph Panel Pyramid 115 — Mexico Region 7 in Mexico Region 7, Mexico is a Neolithic pyramid with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇨🇳 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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Late Middle Kingdom (late 12th Dynasty c.1800 BCE) Amenemhat IV?/Sobekneferu? · 12th–13th Dynasty transitional late Middle Kingdom
Mazghuna South excavated by Petrie 1910 report Ernest Mackay 1911, unfinished late 12th structure with massive quartzite.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Pyramid
Classical · Classical
Classical pyramid at Central Anatolia.
🇫🇷 France · Pyramid
Hittite · Hittite
Hittite pyramid at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
🇫🇷 France · Pyramid
Jomon · Jomon
Jomon pyramid at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
🇫🇷 France · Pyramid
Jomon · Jomon
Jomon pyramid at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (3rd Dynasty c.2670–2610 BCE Huni? or Sneferu provincial 7 small pyramids) · Old Kingdom provincial small pyramid (one of 7 provincial pyramids Huni/Sneferu)
El Kula small pyramid surveyed by Junker and Kaiser, one of 7 provincial step pyramids of Huni 3rd Dynasty.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Pyramid
Hittite · Hittite
Hittite pyramid at Orkney.
🇨🇳 China · Tumulus
Koguryo/Goguryeo (3rd–5th c. CE c. 400 CE) · Goguryeo/Koguryo Korean-Chinese
Jilin Koguryo pyramid excavated 1900, tomb of General as tradition, UNESCO 2004 Koguryo cross-border.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Iron Age · Iron Age
Iron Age pyramid at Hidalgo.
🇯🇵 Japan · Pyramid
Neolithic · Neolithic
Neolithic pyramid at Aomori.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Harappan · Harappan
Harappan pyramid at Huanuco.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Postclassic (1200–1520 CE) Totonac-Huastec mixed · Totonac (Postclassic Quiahuiztlan allied to Cortés 1519)
Veracruz Quiahuiztlan excavated by INAH, 78 tombs Totonac necropolis, Cortés 1519 alliance spot.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom 4th–5th Dynasty (c.2600–2450 BCE) Lepsius recorded as missing pyramid I · Old Kingdom (possible Huni/unattributed large base 215 m traced by satellite)
Lepsius I 215 m enclosure listed by Lepsius 1842, Barta suggests Huni 3rd Dynasty prototype?
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Preclassic to Classic (400 BCE–600 CE Preclassic megapyramid 195 m base) · Maya Early northern gigantic pyramid city (6 pyramid hills over 53 ha)
Izamal excavated by INAH, Kinich Kakmó 22 m hill biggest Yucatán megapyramid volume.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Moche (100–800 CE) 340 m long · Moche
Moche Spanish flooded mine 1602 removed 2/3, 340 m mound traced by Moseley.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Late 12th Dynasty (c.1810 BCE) probable Amenemhat IV · 12th Dynasty
Mazghuna North surveyed by Mackay & Petrie 1910, twin to south.