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162 places carry this tag, across every kind and continent it appears in.
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Mid 3rd to 2nd Millennium, c.2500–1350 BCE · Hurrian (Urkesh), Mitanni
Temple BA terraced mound at Tell Mozan, ancient Urkesh (Hurrian capital, c.2500–1300 BCE). Buccellati & Kelly-Buccellati 1984-onwards excavated 135-ha city wall, Temple BA high terrace 20 m high with…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Late Preclassic, c.400 BCE–150 CE · Maya (Preclassic Mirador Basin)
Mano de León pyramid at El Tintal (c.400 BCE–150 CE Preclassic) — 30 m high, 50 m base stepped pyramid second to El Tintal's Catzin structure (39 m).
🇸🇪 Sweden · Tumulus
Vendel Period (c.550–600 CE) · Vendel Period Scandinavia
Monumental Vendel Period tumulus at Vendel parish (Tierp) — 37 m diameter, 8 m high, excavated 1914 (Stolpe monument) with cremation of King Ottar Vendelcrowk (Ohthere) noted in Ynglingatal and…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
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.
🇺🇸 United States · Mound
Mississippian culture
Ely Mound is a historic burial mound located near Rose Hill, Lee County, Virginia. It is considered the best-preserved Mississippian culture site in Virginia.
🇧🇪 Belgium · Mound
The Lion's Mound (French: Butte du Lion, lit. "Lion's Hillock/Knoll"; Dutch: Leeuw van Waterloo, lit.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE, westernmost Indus outpost, 550 km west of Kot Bala) · Harappan (western coastal outpost)
Sutkagen Dor Mound — Makran in Balochistan, Gwadar District, Dasht plateau (westernmost Harappan settlement), Pakistan is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE, westernmost Indus outpost, 550 km west of…
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Early Historic to Early Medieval (100 BCE–700 CE, Kushan–Gandhara) · Buddhist Gandhara (Kushan, Indo-Parthian, Huna)
Takht-i-Bahi Pyramidal Monastery — Mardan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mardan District, Takht-i-Bahi hill spur, Pakistan is a Early Historic to Early Medieval (100 BCE–700 CE, Kushan–Gandhara)…
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Late Neolithic to Early Harappan (3300–2600 BCE, Kot Dijian in Taxila) · Kot Diji culture (Taxila valley Neolithic)
Sarai Khola Mound — Taxila Valley in Punjab, Taxila Valley, east of Taxila (Sarai Khola, Kot Dijian), Pakistan is a Late Neolithic to Early Harappan (3300–2600 BCE, Kot Dijian in Taxila)…
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (3800–1900 BCE, Gumla–Gomal) · Gumla culture (Gomal plain, Tochi-Gomal)
Gumla Mound — Gomal Pakistan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dera Ismail Khan, Gomal plain (Gumla), Pakistan is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (3800–1900 BCE, Gumla–Gomal) pyramid/mound site attributed to…
🇮🇳 India · Pyramid
Early Harappan to Mature Harappan (3500–1750 BCE) · Harappan (Kalibangan I–II, Ghaggar-Hakra)
Kalibangan Mound — Ghaggar Thar in Rajasthan, Hanumangarh District, Ghaggar (ancient Saraswati) bank, India is a Early Harappan to Mature Harappan (3500–1750 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to…
🇮🇳 India · Pyramid
Mature Harappan (2600–2000 BCE, Farmana cemetery) · Harappan (Farmana / Daksha, Mature Harappan)
Farmana Mound — Haryana Daksha in Haryana, Rohtak District, Ghaggar plain (Farmana/Daksha), India is a Mature Harappan (2600–2000 BCE, Farmana cemetery) pyramid/mound site attributed to Harappan…
🇮🇳 India · Pyramid
Early Harappan to Mature Harappan (3500–1900 BCE) · Harappan (Rakhigarhi I–III, Ghaggar-Saraswati)
Rakhigarhi Mound — Haryana in Haryana, Hisar District, Ghaggar plain (ancient Saraswati), India is a Early Harappan to Mature Harappan (3500–1900 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Harappan…
🇮🇳 India · Pyramid
Early to Late Harappan (3000–1800 BCE, Sothi–Siswal to Harappan) · Harappan (Mitathal I–II, Sothi–Siswal)
Mitathal Mound — Haryana in Haryana, Bhiwani District, Ghaggar plain (Mitathal), India is a Early to Late Harappan (3000–1800 BCE, Sothi–Siswal to Harappan) pyramid/mound site attributed to Harappan…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Early Intermediate, c.400-600 CE (Moche / Mochica) · Andean (Moche)
Huaca del Sol at Moche (Huacas de Moche archaeological complex) 5 km south Trujillo: enormous adobe pyramid 340×136 m base, 41 m high, built with 140 million adobes each marked by labor gang (ayllu)…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Middle to Late Bronze Age, c.2200-1200 BCE (Amorite–Hittite) · Amorite / Hittite (Yamhad / Alalakh)
Tell Atchana 22 ha tell in Amuq Plain (Hatay): capital Mukish polity and Alalakh palaces. Excavated by Leonard Woolley (1935-49) and K.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic (but Napatan tradition), c.700 BCE–300 CE · Kushite / Napatan
Sedeinga 2 km west of Soleb on desert ridge: ~80 small pyramids (6-8 m base, 7-10 m high) with chapels for Kushite Napatan queens, princesses and children.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Late Neolithic (Halaf–Hassuna), c.6200-5800 BCE (Neolithic, burn layer) · Halaf
Tell Sabi Abyad Balikh Valley (Raqqa): 5 ha tell (mound 10 m high) excavated by Peter Akkermans (Leiden/Amsterdam 1986–): Operation I Burnt Village 6000 BCE — intact burned houses with 3D preserved…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
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...
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Early Dynastic III, c.2600–2350 BCE · Kish civilization / Nagar
Acropolis temple staircase at Tell Beydar (ancient Nabada, c.2600–2350 BCE, Early Dynastic).
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Middle Sicán (Lambayeque), c.750–1050 CE, peak 900–1050 CE · Sicán (Lambayeque)
Huaca La Merced (Huaca Sialupe) in Batan Grande — Sicán capital pyramid (c.750–1050 CE, Middle Sicán).
