This list of pyramids is an overview of historical pyramids (as well as step pyramids and step structures) worldwide up to the beginning of modern times . The list is not complete , as only the most important of countries with many pyramids are listed here (the others are available via a corresponding country link) - but it should cover all known construction methods. A separate list of modern pyramids shows pyramid- shaped structures with a date of origin in modern times.
Egypt
The history of Ancient Egypt extends to about AD 395
pyramid
place
Time of origin
Remarks
Illustration
Red pyramid
For Sneferu .
Sudan The pyramids of the kingdom of Kush (approx. 700 BC - 300 AD) include:
pyramid
place
Time of origin
Remarks
Illustration
Pyramids of Meroe
Meroe
around 300 BC Until around 300 AD
Pyramids of al-Kurru
al-Kurru ( Napata )
860 BC BC to 643 BC Chr.
Nuri pyramids
Nuri (Napata)
around 664 BC Until around 330 BC Chr.
Pyramids from Mount Barkal
Mount Barkal (Napata)
around 250 BC BC to 1st century BC Chr.
Mali
pyramid
place
Time of origin
Remarks
Illustration
Askia tomb
Gao
Late 15th century
Iraq, Iran
The pyramidal structures of Mesopotamia include:
People's Republic of China The pyramids of China are usually mounds of earth. The legendary White Pyramid is not clearly identified. The largest group includes the mausoleums of the emperors of the Western Han Dynasty .
Cambodia
pyramid
place
Time of origin
Remarks
Illustration
Prang (Prasat Thom)
Koh Ker
Jayavarman IV (928-941 AD)
36 m high, 7 steps
North, Central and South America
In particular in Mesoamerica (in the area of today's states Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica) there are many step pyramids. Some of them are grouped, numbered or provided with letters.
pyramid
place
Time of origin
Remarks
Illustration
Caracol , Canaa (Palace of Heaven)
Cayo Province
Height approx. 43 m
El Pilar
Cayo Province
500 BC Until 1000 AD
Consists of around 15 large pyramids with 25 plazas and many outbuildings.
Nim Li Punit
pyramid
place
Time of origin
Remarks
Illustration
El Tigre
El Mirador (Maya)
La Danta
El Mirador
Monos pyramid
El Mirador
León pyramid
El Mirador
Main pyramid
Tikal
Complex M
Tikal
Complex N
Tikal
Complex O
Tikal
Complex P
Tikal
Complex Q
Tikal
Complex R
Tikal
North pacropolis
Tikal
Pyramid I (Maya)
Tikal
Pyramid II (Maya)
Tikal
Pyramid III (Maya)
Tikal
Pyramid IV (Maya)
Tikal
Pyramid V (Maya)
Tikal
Twin complex 4E-4
Tikal
Honduras
pyramid
place
Time of origin
Remarks
Illustration
High pyramid
Copan
Mexico
pyramid
place
Time of origin
Remarks
Illustration
Pyramid (structure I, Maya)
Calakmul
Pyramid (structure II, Maya)
Calakmul
largest Maya site at all. Basic dimensions of the pyramid approx. 140 × 140 m, height 45 m.
Nohoch Mul pyramid (Maya)
Cobá (Mexican part of the Yucatán Peninsula )
Tomb of the high priest
Chichén Itzá (Mexican part of the Yucatán Peninsula)
El Castillo, Pyramid of Kukulcán (Maya)
Chichén Itzá (Mexican part of the Yucatán Peninsula)
Temple of the Warriors
Chichén Itzá (Mexican part of the Yucatán Peninsula)
Kukulkán pyramid
Mayapán
Templo Mayor
Mexico city
Pyramid of Inscriptions (Maya)
Palenque (Mexican part of the Yucatan Peninsula)
Temple of the Cross (Maya)
Palenque
Pyramids of Plazuelas
Plazuelas
Pyramid complex in the state of Guanajuato. Consists of 3 pyramids with surrounding buildings and a ball playground.
Pyramid of the fortune teller or magician (Maya)
Uxmal (Mexican part of the Yucatán Peninsula)
Great pyramid
Uxmal
Today a ruin
Pyramid of the Sun from Teotihuacan
Teotihuacan
Teotihuacan lunar pyramid
Teotihuacan
Next to the moon pyramid is group 5, this consists of 3 smaller pyramids next to group 5 there are 2 further, small pyramids around the place of the moon pyramid are 12 small pyramids around the column place there are 3 pyramids in the sun pyramid there are 2 more pyramids at There are 2 pyramids in front of the Quetzalcoatl pyramid are 4 smaller pyramids.
Quetzalcoatl pyramid
Teotihuacan
Pyramid of Cacaxtla
Tlaxcala
Morgensternpyramid (pyramid of atlases)
Tula (or old: Tollan)
Toltecs
Pyramid of Cholula
San Andrés Cholula
400 BC Chr. To 700 AD
Largest pyramid in the world by volume.
Edificio V
El Tajín
Edificio XII
El Tajín
Edificio XXIII
El Tajín
Niche pyramid (totonacs)
El Tajín
Height 25 m
Peru
pyramid
place
Time of origin
Remarks
Illustration
Moche Sun Pyramid
Trujillo
approx. 300–800 AD
Center of the Moche culture
Moche lunar pyramid
Trujillo
approx. 300–800 AD
Center of the Moche culture
El Brujo
Trujillo
Moche culture, "Señora de Cao"
Huaca Rajada
Chiclayo
Moche culture, "Señor de Sipán"
Caral pyramids
Caral
Clay pyramids of Túcume
Túcume
approx. 1100 AD
Huaca Pucllana
Miraflores
6th century AD
Cultic center of the Lima culture , later used by the Wari .
United States
pyramid
place
Time of origin
Remarks
Illustration
Monks Mound
Cahokia
largest pre-Columbian earth pyramid in North America north of Mesoamerica
Europe France
pyramid
place
Time of origin
Remarks
Illustration
Pyramid de Couhard
Autun
2nd century AD
Mausoleum of the Roman city of Augustodunum
Greece
pyramid
place
Time of origin
Remarks
Illustration
Hellinikon pyramid
Hellinikon
Pyramid of Ligourio
Probably just a watchtower.
Pyramid of Viglaphia
Italy
pyramid
place
Time of origin
Remarks
Illustration
Cestius pyramid
Rome
18-12 BC Chr.
Meta Romuli
Rome
The remains of the structure were removed in 1564.
Spain
pyramid
place
Time of origin
Remarks
Illustration
Pyramids of La Palma
The Franciscan Fray Juan de Abreu Galindo described in 1632 loose stone piles in pyramid shape for idol worship.
See also literature Pyramids worldwide
Mario Koch: Pyramids of the world . In: MegaLithos , issue 4/2004, Verlag Sven Näther, Wilhelmshorst, ISSN 1439-7366
Erich Lehner: Paths of Architectural Evolution - The Polygenesis of Pyramids and Step Buildings. Aspects of a comparative architectural history. Phoibos-Verlag, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-901232-17-6 .
Pyramids in Egypt
Mohammed Zakaria Goneim : The Lost Pyramid . New edition 2006, ISBN 3-8334-6137-3
Zahi Hawass : The Treasures of the Pyramids . Weltbild, ISBN 3-8289-0809-8
Peter Jánosi : The pyramids. Myth and Archeology . Beck, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-406-50831-6
Jean-Philippe Lauer : The Secret of the Pyramids . Herbig, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-8118-3387-1
Mark Lehner : The first wonder of the world . London 1997
Mark Lehner: The Secret of the Pyramids in Egypt. ISBN 3-572-01039-X
Alberto Siliotti , Zahi A Hawass: Pyramids. Pharaohs tombs of the Old and Middle Kingdom. Müller, Erlangen 1998, ISBN 3-86070-650-0 .
Rainer Stadelmann : The Egyptian pyramids. From brick construction to the wonder of the world (= cultural history of the ancient world .ISBN 3-8053-1142-7 .
Miroslav Verner : The pyramids . Prague 1997.
Pyramids in Central America
Nikolai Grube (ed.): Maya - god kings in the rainforest . Könemann, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-8290-1564-X
Baldur Köster: Pyramids and palaces in Central America. A comparison with buildings of the Egyptians and Greeks. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2003, ISBN 3-8053-3254-8
Ziggurats in Mesopotamia Ernst Heinrich: The temples and sanctuaries in ancient Mesopotamia: typology, morphology and history . de Gruyter, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-11-008531-3
Web links Individual evidence
↑ http://www.tolo.gr/de/Attractions/Argolida/Ligourio/Ligourio_%E2%80%9CPyramid%E2%80%9D-62
↑ http://www.yialasi.com/en/the-ligouriopyramid
↑ http://www.astro.bas.bg/AIJ/issues/n16/11-ETheodosiou3.pdf
<img src="https://de.wikipedia.org//de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" title="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;">
.jpg)
_-_Belize-0868.jpg)
Map with all linked sites: