List of tallest pyramids
This article is a list of the tallest pyramids in the world, both ancient and modern. In order to qualify for inclusion, each entry must be referred to as a pyramid (not just "pyramidal", "pyramid-shaped", or "in the shape of a pyramid") by reliable sources and be at least 50 meters (160 ft) tall.
Ancient pyramids
[edit]| Name | image | Height (m) | Height (ft) |
Year | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Pyramid of Giza | 
|
138.5 | 454 | 2560 BC | Giza, Egypt | |
| Pyramid of Khafre | 
|
136.4 | 448 | 2570 BC | Giza, Egypt | |
| Red Pyramid | 
|
105 | 344 | c. 2600 BC | Cairo, Egypt | |
| Bent Pyramid | 
|
104.71 | 344 | c. 2600 BC | Cairo, Egypt | |
| Toniná pyramid | 
|
74 | 243 | Chiapas, Mexico | Much of height includes hilltop. | |
| La Danta | 
|
72 | 236 | c. 400BC | El Petén, Guatemala | Height not independently verified. Includes platform. Pyramid footprint only 33m square. |
| Great Pyramid of Cholula | 
|
66 | 217 | 9th century AD | Cholula, Mexico | Possibly the largest pyramid by volume known to exist in the world today.[1][2] |
| Pyramid of the Sun | 
|
65.5 | 216 | AD 200 | Teotihuacan, Mexico | |
| Pyramid of Menkaure | 
|
65 | 213 | c. 2510 BC | Giza, Egypt | |
| Pyramid of Meidum | 
|
65 | 213 | c. 2600 BC | Lower Egypt | 65 m tall after partial collapse; would have been 91.65 metres (300.7 ft). |
| Pyramid of Djoser | 
|
62.5 | 205 | c. 2667–2648 BC | Saqqara, Egypt |
Modern pyramidal buildings
[edit]| Name | image | Height (m) | Height (ft) |
Floors | Year | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luxor Pyramid | 
|
107 | 350 | 30 | 1993 | Paradise, Nevada | [3] |
| Memphis Pyramid | 
|
98 | 321 | n/a | 1991 | Memphis, Tennessee | [4] |
| Walter Pyramid | 
|
58 | 190 | n/a | 1994 | Long Beach, California | [5] |
References
[edit]- ^ Coe & Koontz 1962, 2002, p. 120.
- ^ The giant pyramid hidden inside a mountain, BBC News, retrieved on August 15, 2016
- ^ Emporis. "Luxor Pyramid". Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ Emporis. "Memphis Pyramid". Archived from the original on April 13, 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ Emporis. "Walter Pyramid". Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.