How many pyramids are still standing today?

Question

In my western civilizations class today we were talking about the ancient pyramids and someone asked how many are still standing today. My teacher didn't know the answer and everyone is still curious. Does anyone know? If so, please share where you found your information too. Thanks!

Answer 1

That would depend on your definitions of "pyramid", "still standing", and "ancient"

Pyramidal structures were built by many different cultures all over the world. Most of these were stepped structures, unlike the Giza pyramids - which originally had smooth sides. Also, many such structures were made of mounded earth, or piled stones. Do these qualify as "pyramids" or are they something else? Simply mounds perhaps.

Most of the large pyramids that were ever built have left significant remains, but relatively few of them still reach their original heights. Does this qualify as "still standing?"

And if you use the commonly accepted definition of "ancient," then it would be anything older than about 1500 years.

If you agree with all of these, then there are:
About a dozen remaining around Xi'an in China
Six at Giza, Three at Dahshur, and two at Meidum, plus about another fifty scattered throughout Egypt
One at Falicon in France
Four or five across Greece
One in Rome
Thirty or forty all over Central America
Six at Guimar on the island of Tenerife
And over 200 built by the Nubians, in what is now Sudan and southern Egypt
And probably others that I haven't mentioned in Polynesia, Asia, and the Americas

Answer 2

The Louvre Pyramid in Paris, France, in the court of the Louvre Museum, is a 20.6 meter (about 70 foot) glass structure which acts as an entrance to the museum. It was designed by the American architect I. M. Pei and completed in 1989.
The Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco, California, designed by William Pereira.
The 32-story Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee (built in 1991) was the home court for the University of Memphis men's basketball program, and the National Basketball Association's Memphis Grizzlies until 2004.
The Slovak radio building in Bratislava, Slovakia. This building is shaped like an inverted pyramid.
The Walter Pyramid, home of the basketball and volleyball teams of the California State University, Long Beach, campus in California, United States, is an 18-story-tall blue pyramid.
The Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, United States, is a 30-story pyramid with light beaming from the top.
The Summum Pyramid, a 3 story pyramid in Salt Lake City, Utah, used for instruction in the Summum philosophy and conducting rites associated with Modern Mummification.
The Palace of Peace and Reconciliation in Astana, Kazakhstan.
The three pyramids of Moody Gardens in Galveston, Texas.
The Co-Op Bank Pyramid or Stockport Pyramid in Stockport, England is a large pyramid-shaped office block in Stockport in England. (The surrounding part of the valley of the upper Mersey has sometimes been called the "Kings Valley" after the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.)
The GoJa Music Hall in Prague.
The Muttart Conservatory greenhouses in Edmonton, Alberta.
The unfinished Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang.
Small pyramids similar to those of the Louvre can be found outside the lobby of the Citicorp Building in Long Island City, Queens NY.

Answer 3

There are 3 at Giza and the remains of others at Saqqara and Memphis

Answer 4

i know there are some in Egypt and in Central and South America.

Answer 5

pyramids where?
egypt?
mexico?
guatemala?
honduras?
peru?
japan?
canary islands?

Answer 6

if its the ruins, it would be around 26 in egypt, more across north africa