🇵🇪 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.
🇮🇷 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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tomb
Nawamis — Sinai Stone Burial Houses
Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age (4500–3000 BCE) · Sinai Chalcolithic Nawamis (Tamna?)
Nawamis — Sinai Stone Burial Houses in South Sinai, Egypt is a Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age (4500–3000 BCE) tomb attributed to Sinai Chalcolithic Nawamis (Tamna?).
🇲🇽 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.
🇸🇩 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.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Nuri Pyramids
Old Kingdom · Kushite
Royal pyramids of Napatan kings at Nuri (c.664–310 BCE), 20 pyramids incl. Taharqa Nu 1 (51 m base, 40 m high, largest Nubian).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Merenre
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…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Senebkay (Abydos)
Second Intermediate Period (Abydos Dynasty) · Ancient Egyptian (Abydos polity)
Abydos Dynasty pyramid-tomb of Senebkay discovered 2014 — tiny South Abydos pyramid c.1650 BCE with quartzite sarcophagus and Book of the Dead, proving lost Abydos kingdom.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Southern South Saqqara Pyramid (Shetayet? Complex)
Late Middle Kingdom (13th Dynasty) · Ancient Egyptian
Unfinished Southern South Saqqara pyramid 100 m south of Khendjer — late 13th-Dynasty 52–60 m mudbrick trench c.1730 BCE, abandoned without burial chamber.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Comalcalco Brick Pyramid Temple III North
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
Comalcalco Brick Pyramid Temple III North in Tabasco, Comalcalco, Mexico is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Gebel Barkal Pyramid 8 Chapel Foundation
Kushite Period (900 BCE–350 CE) · Kushite (Napatan–Meroitic)
Gebel Barkal Pyramid 8 Chapel Foundation in Northern, Gebel Barkal, Sudan is a Kushite Period (900 BCE–350 CE) pyramid attributed to Kushite (Napatan–Meroitic).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Headless Pyramid — Saqqara North (Lepsius XXIX)
Old Kingdom, late Fifth Dynasty (or First Intermediate Period 10th Dynasty, if Merikare) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom — 5th Dynasty / Herakleopolitan 10th Dynasty)
The 'Headless Pyramid' (Lepsius XXIX / Steinkepyramide XXIX) lies 120 m east of the Pyramid of Teti at Saqqara, catalogued by Lepsius 1843 as headless because no casing survives.
🇨🇴 Colombia · Tomb
Malagana
Yotoco–Malagana (c.500 BCE–500 CE) and Sonso (c.500–1550 CE) · Malagana–Yotoco–Sonso (Calima sphere)
Malagana at El Bolo, Palmira, Valle del Cauca (970 m) is infamous for the 1992 sugar-cane slurry that exposed a Yotoco–Malagana cemetery (500 BCE–500 CE) and led to the wholesale looting of ~4 tonnes…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Hillat el-Arab Cemetery & Pyramids
New Kingdom (viceregal Kush) to early Napatan · Egyptian / Kushite (Napatan)
Napatan pyramid cemetery 5 km N of Jebel Barkal — 20 tombs 1400–300 BCE with small steep pyramids 5–8 m bridging New Kingdom viceregal and Kushite Kush.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Ancient city
Begram
Hellenistic 330 BCE → Mauryan 305–180 BCE → Indo-Greek 180–50 BCE → Kushan 50–350 CE · Hellenistic → Indo-Greek–Kushan–Roman Silk Road
Kushan Kapisa capital at Begram (600 BCE–400 CE) — 30 ha Alexandretta with Begram Treasure of 200 Roman glass ivories.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Tomb
Eastern Lalibela Settlement Central — Lalibela (59-29)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Eastern Lalibela Settlement Central — Lalibela (59-29) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Chalcolithic (regional) tomb of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 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.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tomb
Pasargadae — Cyrus Tomb Platform Ancillary
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Pasargadae — Cyrus Tomb Platform Ancillary in Fars, Pasargadae, Iran is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) tomb attributed to Old–New Kingdom Egyptian…
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Pasargadae
Achaemenid (559–530 BCE construction; occupied to Seleucid era) · Achaemenid Persian
Earliest Achaemenid capital built by Cyrus the Great (559–530 BCE) on victory site over Medes.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Pyramid
Step Pyramid of Village-Playa
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Step Pyramid of Village-Playa in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) pyramid attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Kerma Western Deffufa Annex
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Kerma Western Deffufa Annex in Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Classical culture.
🇪🇬 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.
🇪🇬 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…
🇬🇹 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.