🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Mississippian Early 900–1200 CE atop Woodland-Archaic · Mississippian (Lamar and Etowah)
17,000-year occupation culminating in 17 m Temple Mound, 900–1200 CE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Necropolis
Aphroditopolis (Atfih) Pyramid Field
Predynastic to Late Antique (3500 BCE–7th c. CE) · Egyptian (22nd Upper nome)
Nome capital at Nile bend with cow necropolis and small cenotaph pyramid.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Choqa Zanbil (Dur Untash)
Middle Elamite (c.1250–640 BCE) · Elamite
Elamite holy city built by King Untash-Napirisha (1250 BCE) to honor god Inshushinak: immense 105×105 m square ziggurat (originally 53 m high, 5 storeys) at center of three concentric walls with…
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Han Yangling Mausoleum
Western Han Wen-Jing 157–141 BCE · Western Han imperial
Mausoleum complex of Emperor Jing of Han (Liu Qi, r.157–141 BCE) and Empress Wang Zhi on Wei River terrace north of Xi'an, core of Western Han imperial necropolis (11 tombs).
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Cahuachi Adobe Pyramids
Early Nazca / Protopalpa 400 BCE–450 CE (peak 100 BCE–300 CE) · Nazca (Paracas → Nazca)
Ceremonial capital of Nazca culture (400 BCE–450 CE) with 40 adobe mounds over 150 ha, including Great Pyramid 28 m high (150 × 100 m base, 3 platforms) and Temple Hill pyramid 20 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Neferefre (Raneferef)
Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Unfinished pyramid of ephemeral 5th Dynasty king Neferefre (Raneferef) at Abusir: square base 65 m, only first step completed to ~7 m (planned 52 m).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Tell Yelkhi — Diyala Census Mound
Early Dynastic III to Akkadian (2600–2200 BCE) · Sumerian–Akkadian, Eshnunna sphere
Small but archive-rich Hamrin tell salvaged before dam, excavated by Japanese Mission (Fujii).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Huapalcalco
Late Formative–Epiclassic 450 BCE–900 CE (Tula antecedent) · Toltec-Chichimec / Teotihuacano
Transition pyramid with Archaic cave paintings and early Toltec atlante precursors between Teotihuacan and Tula.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Hawara
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty mid · Ancient Egyptian
Second pyramid of Amenemhat III (12th Dynasty) at Hawara, 58 m high 105 m base, brick core with limestone casing now stripped, near Fayum depression.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke — Second Platform
Initial Period Casma-Sechín 1800–900 BCE · Casma/Sechín (Moxeke–Pampa de las Llamas polity)
Second platform of earliest planned city in Peru: 30 m Moxeke pyramid with warrior friezes over 200 compounds grid.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Satellite Pyramid of Teti
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Ka pyramid situated south-east of Teti main pyramid inside enclosure wall near queens pyramids, built simultaneously with main monument.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Athribis
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Northernmost Huni small step pyramid at Tell Athribis (Delta): 18 m limestone 3-step, now leveled, 45 km north of Cairo c.2630 BCE — Delta terminus of 800 km network.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Athribis — Southern Mound
late 3rd Dynasty?, c.2650-2600 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Low limestone rubble mound 20 m base at Athribis (Wannina) on west bank near Sohag: attributed to late 3rd Dynasty small pyramid but poorly published, surveyed by Lepsius and Schenkel.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Khendjer
Second Intermediate Period, early 13th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian (13th Dynasty; king foreign origin 'boar')
Only completed pyramid of 13th Dynasty at South Saqqara, for obscure Levantine-derived king Khendjer (c.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Archaeological wonder
La Blanca
Maya Late Classic 450–850 CE · Maya (Mopán / southeastern Petén)
100-m palace Acropolis with throne rooms, 450–850 CE.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Jebel Barkal Pyramids
Kushite Napatan (c. 700 BCE–300 CE; field pyramids c. 300 BCE–100 CE) · Kushite (Napatan 25th Dynasty descendants)
Hill of Jebel Barkal sacred mountain (98 m flat-topped sandstone pinnacle) with 10+ small Kushite pyramids of Napatan kings (c.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Temple complex
Uaxactún Group H South
Middle–Late Preclassic 400 BCE–200 CE · Maya (Preclassic Uaxactún)
Second E-Group observatory 800 m south of classic Group E with twin stela-altars and mural palace.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Pyramid
Koh Ker – Prasat Thom 7-Tier Pyramid
Angkorian Koh Ker period 928–944 CE (Jayavarman IV brief capital) · Khmer (Angkorian Koh Ker)
Brief Angkor capital under Jayavarman IV (928–944): Prasat Thom 36 m high 7-tier sandstone-faced pyramid 55 × 55 m base, steep stair east with giant garuda and yama free-standing sculptures, summit…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Chiapa de Corzo Archaeological Zone
Formative 1400 BCE–300 CE (Escalera phase) · Mixe-Zoque (Chiapa de Corzo tradition) / Olmec–Maya bridge
Zoque Olmec–Maya capital with Mound 5 22 m and Stela 2 Long Count 36 BCE, earliest date in Mesoamerica.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Ek Balam
Late Classic Maya 600–850 CE · Maya (Talol kingdom)
146-m Acropolis with jaguar stucco frieze, 600–850 CE Maya city.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
El Tajín – Pyramid of the Niches
Classic Veracruz (Epiclassic) 600–1200 CE · Classic Veracruz / Totonac (? predecessor)
Classic Veracruz capital 600–1200 CE with unique architectural style: 7-tier pyramid 18 m high (365 niches one per solar year, 365× depth shadows), flying cornices and scroll greca frieze, ballcourt…
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Tell Kazane — Euphrates Terrace Town Mound
Early Bronze Age (EB I–II, c. 3000–2500 BCE) · Euphrates Early Bronze, Kranzhügel culture precursor
Tell on Euphrates terrace south of Carchemish, excavated by Algaze and Breunig as part of Euphrates salvage, revealing Early Bronze planned town with orthogonal streets, temple on high terrace and…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Garagay — Central Pyramid (Early Formative)
Initial Period to Early Horizon, c.1400–850 BCE (peak 1200–900 BCE) · Manchay / Chavín (Early Formative)
Central pyramid at Garagay (c.1400–850 BCE, Initial/Formative Manchay/Chavín), 250 × 200 m base area (3 pyramids: Central 28 m high, north and south arms), U-shaped with atrium.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Archaeological wonder
Nakbe
Maya Preclassic 1400 BCE–100 CE · Maya (Mirador Basin Preclassic)
46-m Preclassic triadic pyramid, earliest monumental Maya 1400 BCE.