No, it is not the tomb of Pontius Pilate, as was long believed!
With a height of 20 m, this pyramid was in the middle of the ancient circus of Vienne in the 4th century.

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The Vienne Roman Circus is an ancient Roman monument in the city of Vienne (Isère), built at the end of the 2nd century. It is known by excavations of the XIXth century. Only a unique vestige of its kind remains visible today, commonly called the Viennese pyramid, and locally simply "the Pyramid" or "the Tomb of Pilate". It is the only ancient Egyptian monument still standing in France!
The Vienna pyramid has been classified as a historical monument since March 22, 1852.

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