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[]
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 | Dahshur. Egypt | ||
Bent Pyramid | 104.71 | 344 | c. 2600 BC | Dahshur. Egypt | ||
La Danta | 72 | 236 | c. 400BC | El Petén, Guatemala | ||
Great Pyramid of Cholula | 66 | 217 | 9th century AD | Cholula, Mexico | ||
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[]
Name | image | Height (m) | Height (ft) |
Floors | Year | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Transamerica Pyramid | 260 | 853 | 48 | 1972 | San Francisco, California | [1] | |
Luxor Pyramid | 107 | 350 | 30 | 1993 | Paradise, Nevada | [2] | |
Memphis Pyramid | 98 | 321 | n/a | 1991 | Memphis, Tennessee | [3] | |
Walter Pyramid | 58 | 190 | n/a | 1994 | Long Beach, California | [4] |
References[]
- ^ Emporis. "Transamerica Pyramid". Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ Emporis. "Luxor Pyramid". Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ Emporis. "Memphis Pyramid". Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ Emporis. "Walter Pyramid". Retrieved 2 July 2019.
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