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How Many Pyramids in the World?

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Tour Guide, Cairo, Egypt

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Pyramids everywhere

However, there are other forms of the pyramid all over the world and this makes the answer to the question of how many pyramids are it is difficult as scientists do not agree on these forms. Civilizations in many parts of the world have built pyramids. The largest pyramid by volume is the Great Pyramid of Cholula, in the Mexican state of Puebla. Thousands of years, pyramids were the largest structures —first the Red Pyramid in the Dashur Necropolis and then the Great Pyramid of Khufu, both in Egypt.


Forms of Pyramid

At least we have four pyramid forms; the classical pyramid form mentioned above, flat-topped pyramid construction with the truncated platform on the top like in Mexico and China, pyramid with a round cylindrical base like the Silbury Hill in England and pyramids with a rectangular base and flat-topped like Monks Mound in the US.


Main locations of pyramids

The famous location of the pyramid in Egypt with around 120 pyramids. The Pyramids of Egypt are different in forms, construction materials and technologies.

Latin America or Mesoamerica contains many pyramids. The average number of pyramids of Yucatan is 230-250. Moreover, the total number of the pyramids of Guatemala in one opinion is around 300-400 pyramids. Together with the Mexico, Belize, Honduras and El Salvador, we have around 1000 pyramids there.

Even under oceans and seas, the researchers found three underwater pyramids and some structures close to the pyramid forms or that could be destroyed pyramids.


In conclusion, we are living in the world of pyramids in different forms and size located elsewhere in the world. Thus, it is difficult to define their real number!