Amazing True Pyramids

Meroe

The most extensive pyramid site of Nubia lies north of Khartoum, along the Nile River in ancient Meroë. The oldest pyramid at the sites dates to the end of the 6th or 5th century BC. Meroë remained the royal cemetery for around 600 years and almost 40 generations of Nubian royalty are buried here.

Ryugyong Hotel

In 1987 the North Korean government began the construction of a mega hotel, apparently as a response to a South Korean company’s completion of the Stamford Hotel in Singapore the previous year. Construction of the “Hotel of Doom” was plagued with problems from the beginning and ceased entirely after five years due to financial difficulties leaving the city of Pyongyang a bizarre and unfinished pyramid skyscraper of 330 meters in height. It’s by far the largest structure in the country and the world’s 24th tallest building. Official pictures of Pyongyang often show the Ryugyong Hotel illuminated at night, but this is due to photo manipulation.