Largest Pyramids In The World
Great Pyramid of Cholula (55 meters tall) The Great Pyramid of Cholula in Puebla, Mexico is the largest pyramid in the world by volume.Cholula Pyramid is only 55 meters (177 feet) tall, but its base is a gigantic 450 meters (1476 feet) long. Its total volume is 3.3 million m³ (166,538,400 ft³) which is almost one million more than the Great Pyramid of Giza. Its massive proportions earned it a place in the Guinness World Records as the largest monument ever built.
Transamerica Pyramid (260 meters tall) Now, we switch gears to focus on a modern pyramid. The Transamerica Pyramid is the tallest pyramid in the world. It’s a four-sided pyramid skyscraper on Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California. It’s 260 meters (853 feet) tall with 48 stories and covered in crushed quartz so it appears lighter than the surrounding buildings.
Great Pyramid of Giza (138 meters tall) The Great Pyramid of Giza is the tallest ancient pyramid in the world and the last remaining of the Seven Wonders of the World. Egypt’s Giza has three famous ancient pyramids, but the Great Pyramid was built for Khufu. It’s the biggest of the three and the tallest pyramid in the world at a breathtaking 138.5 meters tall. Originally, it reached 146.6 meters (480 feet) tall. It’s shorter now because the outer-facing limestone blocks have fallen. What we can see today is the internal structure. Its base spans 230.3 meters.
Pyramid of Khafre (136 meters tall) The middle pyramid of Giza is only two meters shorter than its big brother Khufu. Pharaoh Khafre built this large ancient Egyptian pyramid between 2558−2532 BC as his funerary tomb and monument. It rises 136 meters (448 feet) and its base length is 215.5 meters (706 feet). Archaeologists have discovered it’s sitting on 10 meters of bedrock! Its lofty bedrock base makes Khafre’s tomb appear taller than the Great Pyramid, even though it’s a little shorter.
La Danta (72 meters tall) In El Petén’s Guatemalan northern jungle sits La Danta, a 72-meter (236 feet) tall, colossal ancient pyramid and one of the largest pyramids in the world. Its volume is 2.8 million cubic meters, around the same size as the Great Pyramid of Giza. It’s part of El Mirador and the lost City of Maya, which thrived from 6 B.C.E. to 3 A.D. It was eventually abandoned in the 9th century. Today, its peak juts from the tree line, but vegetation almost entirely covers its structure.
The Bent Pyramid (104 meters tall) The Bent Pyramid of Dahshur, Egypt is a mountainous 104 meters (341 feet) tall with a colossal 189.5-meter (621 feet) long base. Its volume is 1,237,040 cubic meters. Pharoah Sneferu built it in approximately 2,600 B.C. and some of its outer casing polished limestone blocks are still intact.
The Luxor (108 meters tall) The second modern pyramid on our list is Las Vegas’ Luxor Casino Hotel. It’s a whopping 108 meters tall, has 30 floors, and 4,407 rooms. It is named after an Egyptian city that houses an ancient temple complex. Luxor means “The Palace” in Arabic. In terms of size, it’s comparable to the Bent Pyramid of Dahshur.