Pyramids worldwide
Why did people on four continents, mostly out of contact, build pyramids?
Egyptian, Nubian, Greek, Andean and Maya pyramids side by side: what each was for, how it was built, and how it is dated.
Sites in this collection
- Red Pyramid Memphis Necropolis › Dahshur · Egypt
- Step Pyramid of Djoser (Saqqara) Memphis Necropolis › Saqqara · Egypt
- The Pyramids of Meroë Shendi, River Nile State, Sudan
- Pyramids of Argos (Argolid ‘Pyramid’ Towers) Argos, Peloponnese, Greece
- Pyramids of Caral (Sacred City of Caral-Supe) Supe, Lima, Peru
- Pyramids of Cahuachi (Nazca ceremonial center) Nazca, Ica, Peru
- Akapana Pyramid Mound (Tiwanaku/Tiahuanaco) Tiwanaku · Bolivia
- La Danta (El Mirador) El Mirador · Guatemala
- Pyramid of the Magician (Pirámide del Adivino) Uxmal · Mexico
- Structure B1-1 (Great Pyramid) Chalchuapa › Tazumal · El Salvador
- Xunantunich San José Succotz, Cayo, Belize
- Yaxhá Petén, Guatemala
- Caracol Mayan Ruins Cayo, Belize