🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Khui
First Intermediate Period (8th Dynasty, ~2160 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian
First Intermediate Period provincial pyramid of King Khui at Dara (c.2160 BCE), 146×136 m mudbrick mass.
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Qatna (Tell Mishrifeh) — Royal Palace Mound and Acropolis Terrace
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
Kankuin — Dispersed Rio Bec Mound Cluster
Late Classic Rio Bec (600–900 CE) · Maya — Rio Bec
One of 12 Río Bec Project microregion hamlets illustrating non-hierarchical polity model — no dominant pyramid but a low broad temple mound (Structure 1) with Chenes mosaic fragments, surrounded by…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Satellite Pyramid of Unas
Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Small subsidiary or cult pyramid located 20 m south-west of Unas pyramid corner within same enclosure, built for the ka of the king as per 5th–6th Dynasty tradition after Djedkare.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Semna South Fortress — Desert Wall Outpost
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Smallest of Semna cluster, 1 km south of Semna West on desert plateau, square 70 m fort built by Senusret III controlling desert track that bypassed cataract, linked to Semna West by 500 m desert…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Shicras
Late Archaic (Norte Chico) · Norte Chico (Caral-Supe sphere)
Late Archaic platform (2600–2000 BCE) in Huaral piedmont on south cone of Caral sphere, with 8-m truncated shicra-fill pyramid, central atrium, sunken circular court and lateral pl...
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Yohualichan Tajín-Style Pyramids
Epiclassic (Totonac Veracruz) · Totonac (Tajín sphere)
Totonac Tajín-sphere city Yohualichan (600–900 CE): 12 m Pyramid of Niches Ome with 90 niches in Sierra Norte, bridge between El Tajín and highlands.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Cajamarquilla Pyramids
Early Intermediate Lima to Middle Horizon Wari 1–800 CE · Lima culture (later Wari influence)
167-ha tapia pyramid city, 1st–8th century CE Lima culture metropolis.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Behenu — Queen of Pepi I/Pepi II
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Queens pyramid north-east of Pepi I enclosure, attributed to Queen Behenu whose pyramid texts were discovered in 2010 re-excavation by French mission.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Queen Inenek-Inti (Pepi I Queens Field, South Saqqara)
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Easternmost large queen pyramid on Pepi I's queens street, for Inenek-Inti, eldest queen of Pepi I remembered as ritualist (title 'Great of Praises').
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Sinki Pyramid at Abydos South
Late 3rd Dynasty (Huni, c.2630–2613 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom, Huni)
Smallest provincial step pyramid (Huni, late 3rd Dynasty, 3-step, 12.55 m base, 4 m high today) near Naga el-Khalifa south of Abydos.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kumma Fortress — Semna East
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Rectangular eastern counterpart to Semna West across the 500 m Semna gorge, built to close the eastern channel and form a fortified river gateway with coupled gate signals.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Izapa
Late Formative 1500 BCE–100 CE (Izapa style) · Mixe-Zoque? / early Maya (Izapan)
90 stelae with Popol Vuh genesis narrative, 1500 BCE–100 CE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Queen Iput II (Pepi II Complex, South Saqqara)
Old Kingdom, late 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Middle queen pyramid of Pepi II at South Saqqara, dedicated to Iput II (possibly daughter of Pepi I).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Zawiyet el-Maiyitin Pyramid
Old Kingdom Early Dynastic to 3rd–4th Dynasty (2686–2600 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom)
Zawiyet el-Maiyitin (Pyramid of Zawiyat el-Maiytin) is a small 3rd–4th Dynasty provincial step pyramid 15 m square base, 17 m high originally, 3 steps, on eastern desert slope opposite Minya, built…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Elephantine Pyramid
Late 3rd Dynasty (Huni, c.2630–2613 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Huni / early 4th Dynasty)
Small step pyramid (Huni, c.2630 BCE, 18.46 m base, 3 steps, 5.10 m high today) on rocky crest of Elephantine Island (Yebu) at First Cataract.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Zawyet el-Meytin Small Step Pyramid — Minya
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.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Tikal Temple VI (Temple of the Inscriptions)
Late Classic (Tepeu 2) · Maya (Tikal dynasty)
Tikal Temple VI — 12 m pyramid with 12 m roof comb bearing 180-glyph history text of Tikal 766 CE, SE causeway terminus.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Xochitecatl
Formative–Epiclassic 800 BCE–950 CE · Apizaco / Tlaxcala tradition (Central Highlands)
Fertility hilltop with Flower Pyramid: 2000 female figurines, spindle whorls and needle offerings on spiral pyramid.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Amara West Temple Town
New Kingdom Ramesside (Seti I–Ramesses II, c.1306–1070 BCE) · Egyptian Ramesside colonial with Nubian population
Ramesside Egyptian colonial walled town (Seti I–Ramesses II c.1300 BCE) 130×90 m on west bank at Third Cataract, with viceroy's residence, sandstone temple of Ramesses II, granaries, and cemeteries with pyramidal tombs.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Oxkintok — Puuc Labyrinth Pyramid
Late Preclassic to Early Postclassic (300 BCE–1200 CE) · Maya — Oxkintok sphere, Puuc
Northwestern-most major Puuc site near Maxcanú, 6 km southeast of town, conspicuous for Satunsat labyrinth — vaulted maze with 3 floors and astronomical ducts linking to equinox sun, and triadic…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Uxmal – Pyramid of the Magician
Late Classic to Postclassic Puuc (600–1000 CE) · Maya (Puuc)
Iconic rounded-corner Puuc pyramid 40 m high with oval base 46 × 37 m, steep west stair 150 steps at 60°, five superimposed temples (Temple I-V) built over 600 years: Chenes then Puuc.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Ziggurat of Tepe Musiyan (Deh Luran)
Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (Uruk to ED) · Proto-Elamite / Jemdet Nasr
Early highland proto-ziggurat at Tepe Musiyan, Deh Luran — 50×70 m oval platform c.3100 BCE linking Uruk Susiana to Elamite highland terraces.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Palenque Temple of the Inscriptions
Late Classic Maya (675 CE completion; tomb 683 CE interment) · Maya (Palenque Baakal)
Late Classic Maya 27.2 m high 8-step pyramid-temple (600×675 CE) housing only Mesoamerican pyramid tomb comparable to Egyptian: hidden stair 66 steps descending inside to sarcophagus chamber of Pakal…