Verified places tagged “pyramid”

Mysteria

🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid

Begarawiya North Cemetery

Old Kingdom · Kushite

Meroitic north cemetery at Meroe (Beg N 1–20) c.300 BCE–350 CE steep pyramids 6–20 m base, Beg N9 Tabirqo etc.

🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid

Naachtun Northern Pyramid

Late Classic · Maya

Maya super city Naachtun in Mirador Basin, triadic pyramids, Structure XXVII 30 m high pyramid, lidar 2022.

🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid

Tell Chuera — Steinbau Terrace and High Temple

Early Dynastic to Late 3rd Millennium, c.3000–2200 BCE · Early Dynastic Sumerian (Khabur)

Kleine Antentempel and Steinbau 1 high terrace at Tell Chuera (ancient Harran? c.3000–2200 BCE, Early Dynastic).

🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid

Meroë South Cemetery — Pyramid Beg. S.10

Late Napatan to Early Meroitic, c.350–300 BCE · Kushite

South Cemetery pyramid Beg. S.10 (c.350–300 BCE) for Queen (?) Amanislo fragment? 12 m base, heavily eroded sandstone pyramid with mudbrick chapel forecourt.

🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid

Aspero Huaca Alta

Early Horizon · Andean

Coastal satellite of Caral at Aspero (Huaca Alta) Late Preceramic 120×30 m platform mound, Nishiwaki.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid

Becan — Structure VIII, Río Bec Twin-Tower 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

Satellite (Cult) Pyramid of Pepi I

Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, Pepi I, c.2332 BCE · Ancient Egyptian

Small cult (ka) pyramid SE of Pepi I main pyramid (c.2332 BCE, 6th Dynasty). 15.7 m base, 15.7 m high, 63° slope, smooth limestone casing over limestone rubble.

🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid

Sedeinga Pyramid ST1 (Napatan Queen)

Napatan to Early Meroitic, c.700–300 BCE · Kushite

Napatan queen's pyramid ST1 in Sector II at Sedeinga (c.700–600 BCE), 13 m base, part of 200+ pyramid cemetery stretching 4 km.

🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid

Pyramid of Queen Nedjeftet

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by Leclant mission south of Pepi I field for Nedjeftet (variant Wadjebten-related name, wife of Pepi I). 20 m base, unpublished Lauer sketches.

🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid

Satellite (Cult) Pyramid of Merenre

Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, Merenre I, c.2287–2278 BCE · Ancient Egyptian

Cult pyramid SE of Merenre Nemtyemsaf I pyramid (c.2283 BCE, 6th Dynasty) at South Saqqara. 15.7 m base, limestone, SE corner of enclosure, matching Pepi I pattern.

🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid

Meroë North Cemetery — Pyramid Beg. N.19 (King Nasakhma)

Meroitic, early, c.300–250 BCE · Kushite (Meroitic)

North Cemetery pyramid Beg. N.19 for King Nasakhma (c.300–250 BCE), elderly ruler, 16.8 m base, steep sandstone pyramid. Reisner Harvard-Boston 1921 cleared chapel with offering table looted.

🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid

Satellite (Cult) Pyramid of Pepi II

Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, Pepi II Neferkare, c.2278–2184 BCE · Ancient Egyptian

Cult pyramid southeast of Pepi II pyramid (c.2278 BCE, 6th Dynasty) — last great Old Kingdom pyramid complex. 15.7 m base cult pyramid documented by Jéquier (1927-32) and Leclant.

🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid

Pyramid of Queen Mehaa

Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, c.2330 BCE · Ancient Egyptian

Western queens row pyramid west of Pepi I, belonging to Mehaa (Mery-ankh?) wife of Pepi I, excavated by Jéquier and re-cleared by Labrousse.

🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid

Pyramid of Queen Khuit II

Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, c.2328 BCE · Ancient Egyptian

Easternmost queens pyramid east of Pepi I for Khuit II (not Teti Khuit), wife of Pepi I, 21 m canon. French-Swiss mission found canopic chest fragment with queen's titulary and bead net.

🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid

Zawiyet el-Aryan (Giza) – Unfinished Pyramid Field

Old Kingdom (3rd–4th Dynasty c. 2700–2560 BCE) · Old Kingdom Egyptian

Desert pyramid field with two enigmatic pyramids: Layer Pyramid (maybe Khaba) in stepped layers, and Huge unfinished Northern Pyramid with 21 m deep T-shaft (largest known) attribu...