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🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya · Maya (Mutal polity)
Tallest temple-pyramid in Tikal, atop 7 m supporting platform, roof comb; from summit see canopy and other temples. Part of vast Classic Maya city (16 km²) with ~3000 structures.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya · Maya (Kanul dynasty)
Powerful Classic Maya superpower (capital of Kanul Snake Kingdom, 6th–9th century) with 6,750 structures, twin reservoirs and stelae. Structure II is massive layered pyramid.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Teotihuacan Classic · Teotihuacan
Second largest Teotihuacan pyramid capping north end of Avenue of the Dead, mirroring Cerro Gordo mountain. Contains burial of sacrificed jaguars, eagles and human offerings.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Oldest large stone structure in Egypt: architect Imhotep's six-step pyramid for Djoser, 3rd Dynasty, evolving from mastaba. Inside complex with Heb-Sed court and serdab.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Late Archaic 3000–2500 BCE · Norte Chico (Caral maritime)
Coastal port six pyramids, fish-for-cotton, 3000–2500 BCE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Moche Early Intermediate 100 BCE–800 CE · Moche (Chicama Valley)
Moche pyramid 30 m, Lady of Cao tomb 400 CE proving queenship.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Classic–Postclassic 400 BCE–1200 CE · Toltec frontier
30 m Toltec frontier pyramid four stages 900–1200 CE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Initial–Early Horizon 1400–500 BCE · Central coast Chavínoid
U-shaped temple 23 m polychrome reliefs 1400–500 BCE.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Napatan / Kushite · Kushite
Burial place of Napatan kings (c.664–310 BCE) including pyramid of Taharqa (52 m base, tallest Nubian), across Nile from Jebel Barkal holy mountain.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Late Archaic 3550–2500 BCE · Norte Chico (Caral)
Caral network city 54 ha 3550–2500 BCE, 10 plazas.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Maya Early–Late Classic 250–600 CE · Maya (Kaanul Snake Dynasty)
Snake Dynasty capital 60 ha corridor, 250–600 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Maya Late Preclassic–Late Classic 400 BCE–1450 CE · Maya (Chenés–Puuc)
Five-storey 32 m pyramid, 1.4 km hydraulic canal.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Maya Classic and Chontal Postclassic · Maya (Chontal Acalan)
Chontal capital pyramid 25 m, Cuauhtémoc execution 1525.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Initial Period 2500–500 BCE · Early coastal Formative
Deer-net mural 2000 BCE, oldest in Americas.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Second largest Giza pyramid, built for Khafre, retaining Tura limestone casing at apex, with associated Sphinx, valley temple and causeway.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Late Archaic–Initial 3500–1500 BCE · Casma-Sechín tradition
First Plaza 3500 BCE, Third Platform 16 m × 300 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
First successful true pyramid, by Sneferu, of reddish limestone giving modern name. Culmination of experimental phase leading to Giza.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Maya Classic 200–900 CE · Maya (Rio Bec–Chenés)
Temple of Masks five 3 m stucco masks, Rio Bec–Chenés.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Initial–Early Horizon 1000–250 BCE · Kuntur Wasi tradition
Gold-temple four platforms, gold burials 800 BCE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Smallest of three Giza pyramids, Menkaure, with granite lower casing and three subsidiary queens' pyramids.
