🇪🇬 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.
🇲🇽 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…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Tikal Temple II (Temple of the Masks)
Late Classic Maya c. 700 CE (c. 734 dedication?) · Maya (Tikal)
Western twin of Temple I: 38 m high pyramid with temple summit south of Great Plaza (facing east toward Temple I), built for wife of Jasaw Chan K'awiil I (Lady 12 Macaw).
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Geoglyph Panel Pyramid 29 — China Region 5
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
Pyramid of El-Lahun (Senwosret II)
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Mudbrick pyramid of Senwosret II at El-Lahun, gateway to Fayum, 48 m high 106 m base (angle 42°35'), innovative limestone framework walls radiating from rock core filled with mudbrick.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Tepe Sialk — South Tappeh High Platform (Proto-Ziggurat)
Proto-Elamite / Early Bronze Age, c.3000–2600 BCE (Sialk III-IV) · Proto-Elamite
High platform (proto-ziggurat) on South Tappeh at Tepe Sialk (c.3000–2600 BCE, Proto-Elamite / Early Bronze Age).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Headless Pyramid — Saqqara North Lepsius XXIX Teti Vicinity
5th Dyna Unas? Lepsius XXIX; now identified as Menkauhor local 2390 BCE? · Old Kingdom 5th Dynasty possibly Menkauhor Kaiu
Headless Pyramid excavated by Hawass 2008, Menkauhor identification, substructure with portcullis.
🇮🇶 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.
🇸🇩 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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Pepi II
Old Kingdom, late 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Last great pyramid of the Old Kingdom for the longest-reigning pharaoh (traditionally 94 years, modern 64+): 78.75 m base, 52.5 m high, tallest South Saqqara pyramid with extensive Pyramid Texts,…
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Áspero Archaeological Site (Fishing Town of Caral)
Late Archaic 3000–2500 BCE · Norte Chico (Caral maritime)
Coastal port six pyramids, fish-for-cotton, 3000–2500 BCE.
🇨🇳 China · Tumulus
Ji'an — Tomb of the General (Jiangjun Fen) Koguryo
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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Teti
Old Kingdom, early 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
First king of 6th Dynasty's badly ruined 52.5 m high pyramid at Saqqara (78.5 m base) with interior Pyramid Texts and basalt sarcophagus.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Bandurria Archaeological Site (Huacho)
Late Archaic 3550–2500 BCE · Norte Chico (Caral)
Caral network city 54 ha 3550–2500 BCE, 10 plazas.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Jebel Qisi — Unfinished Meroitic Quarry Pyramid Hill
Meroitic (200 BCE quarry hill with unfinished pyramid trench 27 m) · Meroitic quarrymen
Jebel Qisi surveyed by Bradley 1984, unfinished Meroe pyramid 27 m.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Pyramids of Nuri
Napatan / Kushite · Kushite
Burial place of Napatan kings (c.664–310 BCE) including pyramid of Taharqa (52 m base, tallest Nubian), across Nile from Jebel Barkal holy mountain.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Khafre
Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Second largest Giza pyramid, built for Khafre, retaining Tura limestone casing at apex, with associated Sphinx, valley temple and causeway.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Edfu South — Sinki Variant El-Ghonameya?
3rd Dynasty provincial variant (c.2670 BCE) · Old Kingdom
El-Ghonameya surveyed provincial cluster.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Ahmose I (Abydos)
Early New Kingdom (18th Dynasty) · Ancient Egyptian (Theban — founder of New Kingdom)
Last pharaonic pyramid — cenotaph pyramid of Ahmose I (c.1550 BCE) at South Abydos — 52.5 m mudbrick/limestone terraced memorial to Osiris, bridge to Valley of the Kings.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Dokki Gel
Kerma (1800–1500 BCE) to Napatan–Meroitic (1500 BCE–400 CE) · Sub-Saharan African coalition (southern) and Kerma/Egyptian
Sub-Saharan sacred city 400×200 m north of Kerma (1800 BCE–400 CE), African temple platforms 6–8 m high.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Las Aldas
Late Preceramic – Initial Period (c.2500–1000 BCE) – Casma-Sechín · Casma-Sechín (Preceramic to Initial)
Las Aldas is a monumental U-shaped temple-plaza on a coastal eolian terrace at Casma, Ancash, at 30 m above the Pacific.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Peralta
Epiclassic (c.300–900 CE) Bajío – El Bajío Tradition · Bajío (Tierra Blanca) tradition
Peralta (Tierra Blanca) dominates the Bajío wetlands of southern Guanajuato at 1,710 m as the largest Epiclassic city of the Bajío (300–900 CE).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Teotihuacan La Ventilla Compound Mural Patio
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
Teotihuacan La Ventilla Compound Mural Patio in State of Mexico, Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.