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Tagspyramid
202 places carry this tag, across every kind and continent it appears in.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic (early to late Meroitic) · Kushite (Meroitic)
Meroitic royal city and temple town 50 km east of Nile, famed for co-built Temple of Apedemak (Natakamani & Amanitore, 1st century CE) with twin pylons covered in lion-god reliefs, Roman kiosk and…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
New Kingdom, 19th-20th Dynasties, c.1300-1050 BCE (Seti I–Ramesses II) · Ancient Egyptian
Amara West walled town on island 70 km north of Sai: palatial administrative capital of Kush under viceroy (King's Son of Kush) from Seti I to Ramesses IX.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom (1850–1000 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Middle Kingdom–New Kingdom)
Rectangular island fortress (c.1850 BCE, renovated through New Kingdom) on second cataract islet, granary and customs depot between Semna and Mirgissa.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
late 3rd–early 4th Dynasty, c.2680 BCE (Huni?) · Ancient Egyptian (Huni?)
Unfinished mound pyramid Lepsius I on Abu Rawash plateau north of Djedefre pyramid: enormous 215 m base, rock-cut foundation trench and core mound 19 m high, now limestone rubble hill.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya, c.550-850 CE (Río Bec, Late Classic) · Maya (Río Bec)
Río Bec Group V Structure V-N central pyramid: 20×15 m base, 18 m high with false twin towers, steep stair (55°) to ornamented temple with Chaak masks and medial moulding.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Napatan / 25th Dynasty, c.850-650 BCE (early Kushite) · Kushite (Napatan, 25th Dynasty)
El-Kurru ridge 13 km south of Jebel Barkal: tumuli and pyramids of early Kushite kings (Tumulus 1 → Pyramid Ku1 Piye).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Temple complex
Preclassic–Classic Maya · Maya (Mutal dynasty)
Classic Maya superpower (600 BCE–900 CE) — UNESCO 1979 Mirador-Tikal jantung dengan Mundo Perdido 30-m E-Group observatory (600 BCE–), North Acropolis dynastic necropolis 1000 year...
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Preclassic to Late Classic (600 BCE–900 CE) · Maya (Yaxhá–Naranjo rivalry)
Major Petén lakeside Maya city (600 BCE–900 CE) between Yaxhá and Sacnab lakes, rival to Naranjo, covering 3 km² with 9 pyramids.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Early Intermediate to Middle Horizon (400–800 CE) · Recuay (Pashash)–Wari
High puna fortified town (400–800 CE) of Recuay then Wari, built as terraced pyramidal platform town with 4+ stone masonry pyramids (8–12 m high, 20–30 m per side) capped by elite halls and…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Gallinazo to Late Intermediate (500 BCE–1470 CE) · Moche–Lambayeque–Chimú palimpsest
Huge coastal Moche–Lambayeque pyramid and fortress city perched on bluff above Jequetepeque delta (500 BCE–1370 CE continuous).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya, c.500-800 CE (Río Bec, Late Classic) · Maya (Río Bec)
Xpujil Structure I: 19 m high Río Bec pyramid with three solid towers each bearing false temple with Chenés mask, atop unified base with 12 doorways leading to 12 rooms on two levels.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom, Amarna Period, c.1350 BCE (Akhenaten / Amenhotep IV) · Ancient Egyptian (Akhenaten)
Sesebi walled town on west bank between 2nd-3rd Cataracts: rectangular fortified settlement 270×200 m with Aten temple (Akhenaten) later converted to Amun temple by Seti I.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Initial Period (Early Formative) · Casma–Sechín (Las Haldas coastal)
Arid coastal initial pyramid center (1800–1000 BCE) on dune 20 km south of Casma at 35 m above Samanco Bay, with four sequential sunken circular/plaza courts descending to Main Mou...
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya, c.550-850 CE (Classic, Kaan dynasty) · Maya (Kaan / Snake Kingdom)
Calakmul Structure I (East Acropolis) inside Calakmul Biosphere: 45 m high pyramid (base 120×80 m) with acropolis palace summit, among largest Mundo Maya (comparable to Tikal Temple IV).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom, 1550-1070 BCE (Thutmose III–Ramesses II) · Ancient Egyptian
Sai Island northern town (Upper Nubia) on island mid-Nile between 2nd and 3rd Cataracts: Egyptian walled town 238×120 m with Amun temple (Thutmose III–Amenhotep II), governor's residence and…
🇵🇪 Peru · Necropolis
Late Intermediate–Inca · Colla–Kana (Altiplano Aymara) with Inca
Puna cliff necropolis (1100–1530 CE) near Espinar-Yauri at 3920 m K’ana altiplano, with rock-shelter chullpa adobe tombs under cliff, circular casas, Inca double-jamb niche, and 5-...
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
late 3rd–early 4th Dynasty, c.2600 BCE (Sneferu) · Ancient Egyptian (Sneferu)
Four-step pyramid at Seila on desert plateau overlooking Faiyum: 25 m base, four steps, now 6.8 m ruin with limestone facing traces and causeway. Excavated by Borchardt, Fakhry, Swelim, Andrieux.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Preclassic–Late Classic · Maya (Saal dynasty)
Aggressive Classic superpower capital Sa'aal (500 BCE–950 CE), 180 m hill above Holmul valley with 19 palaces, hieroglyphic stairway recording 45 star-war defeats by Lady Six Sky,...
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic (Chenés–Río Bec) · Maya (Chenés south)
Chenés-south hybrid center (c.600–900 CE) 22 km east of Xpujil, with Structure II Chenés monster-mouth façade 30 m long on pyramid base, Structure V palace and ballcourt. Looting 1...
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Initial Period, c.1800-1000 BCE (Sechín–Casma) · Andean (Casma–Sechín)
Sechín Alto in Casma Valley (Ancash): huge U-shaped platform compound 300×250 m, 44 m high, with atrium and sunken courts. Excavated by Julio C.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Late Postclassic (Aztec) · Aztec (Tlahuica)
Lakeside Aztec temple center (1200–1521 CE) on Lake Coatetelco — 8-m pyramid on island causeway.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Late Moche / Middle Horizon transition (600–800 CE) · Moche (Late Moche valley polity)
Last Moche capital after Huacas de Moche collapse (600–800 CE), 5 km² planned city behind Gallows Hill with Plataforma A pyramid (55x35 m, 10 m high terrace) as palatial-ceremonial core, surrounded…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Middle Horizon, c.600-750 CE (Mochica V / Sicán early) · Andean (Mochica / Sicán)
Pampa Grande Huaca Fortaleza in Chongoyape (Lambayeque): massive stepped pyramid 56 m high, 270×180 m base, with plaza, palace and reservoir.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Classic Kerma, c.1750-1500 BCE · Kerma (Kushite)
Western Deffufa (Western Massif) at Kerma: massive mudbrick solid massif 52×52 m base, 19 m high, with internal stair, altar and funerary chapel on summit.
