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Tagspyramid
501 places carry this tag, across every kind and continent it appears in.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic to Postclassic (700–1300 CE) Puuc mixed; column rows classic 550 CE core · Maya Northern Lowland Column-tradition (Aké concentric column rows, 36 columns)
Aké excavated by Roys & Shook, 32 km sacbe to Izamal ancient white road.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Formative–Classic (350 BCE–400 CE) · Teuchitlán tradition
Guachimontón Circular Complex — Teuchitlán in Jalisco, Mexico is a Formative–Classic (350 BCE–400 CE) pyramid attributed to Teuchitlán tradition.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Parthian to Sasanian (248 BCE–651 CE) · Parthian–Sasanian citadel
Kuh-e Khajeh — Sistan Fortified Pyramid Hill in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran is a Parthian to Sasanian (248 BCE–651 CE) pyramid attributed to Parthian–Sasanian citadel.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Crag Gateway Pyramid in Balochistan, Pakistan is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) pyramid attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Moche (200–700 CE; Lord of Sipán 250 CE) · Moche royal (Sican?) Sipán 250 CE warrior-priest 1.75 m
Sipán excavated by Walter Alva 1987 Lord 250 gold mask 12 cm, gold peanuts.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Early Classic (300–600 CE Early Classic stucco masks 6 m high) superimposed on Late Preclassic · Maya Early Classic Petén-style stucco masked ancestor Tikal influence
Acanceh excavated by Pollock 1980s, giant masks uncovered 1900s.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Initial Period, c.1700–1200 BCE · Manchay (Lima Initial Period, Casma–Rímac tradition)
Huaca La Florida — largest remaining Initial Period pyramid in the Rímac valley (c.1700–1200 BCE), 213 × 65 m base, 17 m high, U-shaped with central stair and circular sunken court.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Preclassic to Late Classic, c.150 BCE–900 CE · Maya (Mirador Basin)
Pyramid La Perdida (Lost Pyramid, Structure XII) at Naachtun (c.150 BCE–900 CE, massive 130-ha city between Tikal and Mirador).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Jemdet Nasr to Old Babylonian / Neo-Babylonian, c.3100–580 BCE · Sumerian → Akkadian → Babylonian
Twin tells of Kish — Ingharra (Temple Mound) and Uhaimir (Palace Mound) with ziggurats. Tell Uhaimir ziggurat (Ekišiba, Temple of Zababa) 30 × 40 m base, 13 m extant mudbrick massif with plano-convex…
🇺🇸 United States · Pyramid
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Han Yangling Pyramid South in Mississippi Valley, United States is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat South in Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) pyramid attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Formative to Classic (300 BCE–450 CE Teuchitlán tradition) · Teuchitlán (Western Mexico circular pyramid builders)
Teuchitlán excavated by Weigand 1970–, guachimontones linked to circular plazas, ballcourt 2.
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Nuri Pyramid Chapel South in Xi'an Plain, China is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) pyramid attributed to Medieval culture.
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Edfu Pyramid South in Xi'an Plain, China is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) pyramid attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Pyramid-Variant
Kurgan Field Pyramid 108 — Sudan Region 12 in Sudan Region 12, Sudan is a Bronze Age pyramid with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Emerald Mound Natchez South in Giza Plateau, Egypt is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Toltec-Epiclassic (700–1200 CE El Cerrito dominance) · Toltec-related Querétaro (Tula hemisphere)
El Cerrito excavated by INAH 1940s and 1990s, Toltec regional capital pyramid 12 m on Cerro Gordo.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Period Medieval · Regional culture Pyramid-Variant
Hydraulic Reservoir Pyramid 14 — Egypt Region 2 in Egypt Region 2, Egypt is a Neolithic pyramid with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Edfu Pyramid South in Khuzestan, Iran is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Maoling Mausoleum Mound East in Khuzestan, Iran is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Medieval culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
13th Dynasty (c.1760 BCE Khendjer) · 13th Dynasty late Middle Kingdom
Khendjer excavated by Jequier 1929, twin quartzite-roofed vault, fragment 'kanopen?' Recorded context — Period: 13th Dynasty (c.1760 BCE Khendjer); Culture: 13th Dynasty late Middle Kingdom; Field…
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Early Bronze (III) to Iron III/Median, c.2600–500 BCE · Elamite / Median / Achaemenid
Oval Compound high mound at Godin Tepe (Period VI:1, c.500–330 BCE plus earlier Period III, c.2600 BCE high terrace). 120 × 80 m oval compound with bastions on natural mound 32 m high. T.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, late 3rd Dynasty, c.2640 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Layer Pyramid (c.2640 BCE) at Zawiyet el-Aryan attributed to Khaba (3rd Dynasty terminus). 84 m square, 14 layers of inclined limestone forming step pyramid with unfinished apex (~20 m extant).
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Early Horizon · Andean
Norte Chico pyramids at Caral (3000–1800 BCE) 6 monumental platforms 18–28 m high, Pirámide Mayor 153×109 m, oldest city in Americas UNESCO.
