title: Ancient pyramid
text: # Ancient pyramid
  
  "Pyramid" in the context of ancient architecture primarily refers to the Egyptian pyramids (see List of Egyptian pyramids). Various other structures built in antiquity have also been called pyramids:
  
  * Mesoamerican step pyramids; see Mesoamerican pyramids
  * Chinese pyramids
  * Mesopotamian Ziggurats
  * The Nubian pyramids, Sudan
  * The Pyramid of Hellinikon, Greece
  * The Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, Porta San Paolo, Rome
  * The Star Pyramid or Pulemelei Mound, Samoa
  * The Peruvian Pyramids
  