🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Khendjer Pyramid — 13th Dynasty Small Brick Pyramid Saqqara South
13th Dynasty (c.1760 BCE Khendjer) · 13th Dynasty late Middle Kingdom
Khendjer excavated by Jequier 1929, twin quartzite-roofed vault, fragment 'kanopen?'
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Tucume — Templo de la Piedra Sagrada and 26 Pyramid Ridge
Sicán (Lambayeque 1100) to Chimú (1350) to Inca 1470 layer cake with 26 pyramids (1100–1532 CE) 220 ha · Sicán → Chimú → Inca successive on Cerro La Raya ridge temple of stone 12 m high sacred
Tucume excavated by Thor Heyerdahl 1988 Kon-Tiki, 220 ha 26 pyramids Heyerdahl.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Xochicalco Terrace — Leaning Pyramid Feathered Serpent
Epiclassic (650–900 CE) Teotihuacan fall hybrid · Epiclassic Xochicalco (Olmeca-Xicalanca + Teotihuacan survivors)
Xochicalco excavated by Sáenz 1960s, Quetzalcoatl pyramid 700 Coiled Serpents.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Huaca del Sol — Moche Largest Adobe Mound
Moche (100–800 CE) 340 m long · Moche
Moche Spanish flooded mine 1602 removed 2/3, 340 m mound traced by Moseley.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Sipán — Lord of Sipán Royal Tomb Huaca Rajada
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
Aké — Column Pyramid with Roof Comb Yucatán
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
La Higueras — Veracruz Niche Pyramid Set Tajín Little Sister
Classic Veracruz (600–900 CE) Tajín contemporary niche architecture · Totonac Classic Veracruz (Tajín interaction)
Veracruz La Higueras excavated by Daneels 2000s, niche Tajín province.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Pampa Grande — Huaca Fortaleza Chimú Border Pyramid
Moche Late (600–750 CE Transitional Moche V state, crucial 2012 Pampa Grande polity) · Late Moche → Wari overlap 750 collapse
Pampa Grande excavated by Shimada— 600–750 Moche V large city border.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Sedeinga — Meroitic Pyramid Field North of Soleb
Meroitic (300 BCE–300 CE) late Meroitic queen tombs · Meroitic (Kandake/Amanishakheto tradition)
Sedeinga excavated by Francigny, 80 Meroitic pyramids 300 BCE–300 CE.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Jebel Qisi — Unfinished Meroitic Quarry Pyramid Hill
Meroitic (200 BCE quarry hill with unfinished pyramid trench 27 m) · Meroitic quarrymen
Jebel Qisi surveyed by Bradley 1984, unfinished Meroe pyramid 27 m.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Huaca Pucllana — Wari-Lima Coastal Pyramid Adobe Library of 600k Bricks
Lima to Wari (400–700 CE Lima culture coastal pyramid 100 m × 53 m × 22 m with 600,000 reused small adobitos 'library' of bricks) · Lima culture (Pucllana 400–830) then Wari intrusive 700
Pucllana excavated by Flores 1980–, 600k adobitos library pyramid.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Mazghuna North Pyramid — Amenemhat IV Northern Twin
Late 12th Dynasty (c.1810 BCE) probable Amenemhat IV · 12th Dynasty
Mazghuna North surveyed by Mackay & Petrie 1910, twin to south.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Las Aldas — Initial Period Pyramid Hill Preceramic Cliff
Initial Period (1800–1000 BCE) major construction 1600 BCE; Preceramic fishing net 2500 BCE earlier · Initial PeriodCas ma (Las Aldas) coastal temple
Las Aldas excavated by Pozorski 1976, 1800 pyramid Initiation.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Chacmultún — Puuc Twin Pyramid Cave Mouth
Late Classic Puuc (700–900 CE) + cave use 200 CE · Maya Puuc (Uxmal sphere) and cave paint Chac cult
Chacmultún excavated by Thompson and Andrews, cave rain cult.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Zawiyet el-Meitin — Huni Small Provincial Pyramid Middle Egypt
3rd Dynasty provincial Huni (c.2670 BCE) — northernmost provincial pyramid · Old Kingdom 3rd Dynasty
Zawiyet el-Meitin excavated by Leclant, northern provincial.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Plazuelas — Three Temples on Sierra Pénjamo Cliff
Epiclassic (600–900 CE) late Classic Bajío · Bajío (Tarascan ancestor) with Teotihuacan theme brazier
Plazuelas excavated by INAH 1998–, 1200 pecked spirals.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
El Kurru Pyramid KU14 — Napatan Queen Mound
Napatan (650 BCE Queen pyramid small) · Kushite Napatan queen
Kurru KU14 excavated by Reisner, queen of Aspelta.
🇵🇪 Peru · Fortress
Paramonga — Fortaleza de Paramonga Stair-Pyramid Border Fort
Chimú (1100–1470 CE border fortress 30 m high pyramidal fortress) later Inca 1470 reused · Chimú border fort vs Chancay/Inca; Inca reused as border 1470
Paramonga fort excavated by Cieza and Middendorf.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Sinki — Abydos Provincial Small Pyramid
3rd Dynasty Huni provincial (c.2670 BCE) Abydos province · Old Kingdom
Sinki Abydos surveyed by Petrie, intact 12 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Edfu South — Sinki Variant El-Ghonameya?
3rd Dynasty provincial variant (c.2670 BCE) · Old Kingdom
El-Ghonameya surveyed provincial cluster.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Nuri South Annex — Meroitic Intrusive Pyramid of King Nastasen
Late Napatan (330 BCE Nastasen, last Napatan king at Nuri) · Late Napatan Nastasen
Nuri Nastasen Nu.12 excavated by Dunham.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Naqada Small Pyramid — Nagada I Local Variant Huni
3rd Dynasty Huni provincial (c. 2670 BCE) · Old Kingdom Naqada province marker
Naqada small pyramid listed by Kaiser.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Ombos South Pyramid — Elephantine Provincial Step Pyramid
3rd Dynasty Huni provincial (c. 2670 BCE) · Old Kingdom 3rd Dynasty Huni
Ombos provincial surveyed by Kaiser.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Pyramid of the Sun
Classic Teotihuacan (100–550 CE) · Teotihuacan
Giant stepped truncated pyramid in Teotihuacan, largest Mesoamerican structure before Spanish, built over cave-tunnel. Avenue of the Dead aligned 15.5° east of north. Faced with tezontle and plaster.