Pyramids

"Pyramids" is a general travel term referring to a large number of man-made structures with similar characteristics, namely, an expansive rectangular base, with sides tapering to a point above the centre of the base.

While many people usually associate them with the ancient cultures of Egypt and Central America, the pyramids, both ancient and modern, can be found at a variety of locations around the globe, including:

Egypt

Cairo/Giza — the most famous pyramids of all, the Giza Pyramids, just outside modern Cairo
Abusir
Dahshur
Meidum — one of the earliest pyramids built by the ancient Egyptians
Saqqara

France

Paris/1st arrondissement (central Paris) — the Louvre Museum is home to the most famous modern pyramid, built in glass and steel

Guatemala

Iximche — Mayan ruins
Tikal — impressive Mayan ruins

Italy

Rome/Aventino-Testaccio — the Italian capital has a famous steep-sided pyramid, built as an ancient cenotaph for a nobleman's tomb

Mexico

Chichen Itza
Palenque
Teotihuacan — some of the largest pyramids of the world in what was once the largest city of the Pre-Columbian Americas

Sudan

Meroë — the site of the pyramids built by the Nubians, the southern neighbours of the ancient Egyptians
Merowe — downriver from Meroë, Jebel Barkal near Merowe is the site of another set of Sudanese pyramids

United States of America

Las Vegas — a large pyramidical structure is to be found at a Las Vegas casino
Long Beach — the gymnasium for the basketball and volleyball teams on the California State University, Long Beach campus is an impressive 18-story-tall blue pyramid
San Francisco — the Transamerica Pyramid is an iconic skyscraper built in the shape of a very narrow pyramid