A step pyramid or stepped pyramid is an architectural structure that uses flat platforms, or steps, receding from the ground up, to achieve a completed shape similar to a geometric pyramid. Step pyramids are structures which characterized several cultures throughout history, in several locations throughout the world. These pyramids typically are large and made of several layers of stone. The term refers to pyramids of similar design that emerged separately from one another, as there are no firmly established connections between the different civilizations that built them.
Stepped pyramids in Teotihuacan, Mexico
The 4100-year-old Great Ziggurat of Ur in southern Iraq
Pyramid of Djoser in 2010
Nsude Pyramid
A pyramid is a structure whose visible surfaces are triangular and converge to a point at the top, making the shape roughly a pyramid in the geometric sense. The base of a pyramid can be of any polygon shape, such as trilateral or quadrilateral
Pyramid of Khafre, Egypt, built c. 2600 BC
Prasat Thom temple at Koh Ker, Cambodia
Chogha Zanbil is an ancient Elamite complex in the Khuzestan province of Iran.
The pyramids of the Giza necropolis, as seen from the air