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Pyramason is a research platform for ancient mysteries. It combines an interactive 3D map of 187,324 ancient sites across more than 200 countries and territories with tools for sacred geometry analysis, ley line detection, AI-powered research reports, astronomical alignments, frequency exploration and community collaboration. Think of it as a professional research toolkit for anyone fascinated by the ancient world.

Yes, the core map is completely free: all 187,324 sites with full search and filters, 3D Terrain View, Antiquity and Empires, Discovery Mode, Frequency Centre, Earth Grid, Antipode Calculator, Draw & Measure tools, standard snapshots and data export up to 25 sites at a time (100 a day). Pro features are available at £12.99/month and unlock AI tools, sacred geometry, ley lines, community features and more.

No, you can explore the full map without an account. Creating a free account lets you save favourites, access community features and manage your subscription if you upgrade to Pro.

Antiquity is a mode, not a filter. It strips the modern world off the map, every road, motorway, airport, present-day city label and national border, repaints the earth as aged parchment and the seas as ink, and raises 58 great cities of the ancient world under the names their own people used: Waset, Ilion, Qusqu, Chang'an, Meroë, Mohenjo-daro. Empires draws 16 civilisations at their greatest extent, each marked by an engraved seal at its capital. Hover a seal to light that empire's borders, click it for a card giving its apex year, ruler and reach. Both are free, both work over any base map, and they are designed to be read together. Neither invents ancient coastlines or borders we cannot source.

Yes. Pyramason publishes a free MCP endpoint at map.pyramason.com/mcp. Paste that address into Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP-capable assistant and it can search the atlas, pull a single site's full record, and run the golden-ratio alignment and great-circle ley line engines directly. No key is needed: free keyless access allows 300 tool calls a day. Pro subscribers can generate a personal API key with 20,000 calls a day from the map's Settings.

Pyramason runs in any modern browser: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge. It works on desktop, tablet and mobile, though we recommend desktop or laptop for the best research experience, particularly for sacred geometry and ley line analysis.

Our database is built entirely from open-licensed sources: Wikidata (CC0 Public Domain, 164,907 sites), the Pleiades Gazetteer (CC-BY 3.0, 22,405 sites, specialising in ancient world geography) and 12 hand-verified curated additions, giving 187,324 in total. All data is legally sourced, fully documented with provenance records, and free of proprietary restrictions.

Sixteen categories: Settlements (50,648), Temples (40,555), Burial Mounds (30,542), Fortifications (18,101), Rock Art (10,090), Monasteries (9,616), Cathedrals (6,147), Roman Sites (5,505), Dolmens (5,458), UNESCO World Heritage (5,086), Standing Stones (2,208), Crosses & Runestones (1,305), Sacred Sites (789), Stone Circles (617), Passage Tombs (422) and Pyramids & Ziggurats (235).

All sites are sourced from established open databases and include coordinates, names, country and, where available, region data. Coordinates are verified at source. Archaeological databases are always evolving; if you spot an error, contact us at contact@pyramason.com.

Yes. As open-licensed sources are updated and expanded, we update our database accordingly. Pro users can already submit new sites with supporting sources through the map.

Paste map.pyramason.com/mcp into any AI that speaks MCP: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and more. Your AI can then search the 187,324 sites, find golden ratio alignments, trace ley lines and pull real coordinates. It works free for everyone at 300 calls a day; Pro researchers get a personal key with 20,000 calls a day, generated in the map's settings.

Browser-based AI agents (like Claude in Chrome) can drive the map's visual Pro features through your own logged-in session, exactly as you would. The MCP connection itself is data only: search, measure, analyse.

Pro (£12.99/month) unlocks the full research toolkit: Sacred Geometry Analysis, Ley Line Detection with AI interpretation, Platonic Solids Grid, Natal Charts illustrated with original 1824 star atlas engravings, Site Connections, AI Research Reports, Mystery Decoder, Map Style Switcher, Travel Areas and Directions, hi-res Snapshots, Astral Projection flight with video recording, the Cinematic Director with ten hands-free shot templates recording up to 4K, the full Community suite with five researcher channels, site submission, data export up to 1,000 sites at a time (5,000 a day), a personal MCP key with 20,000 calls a day and priority support.

Upgrade directly from the map: click any Pro-locked feature or the crown icon in the menu, then click Subscribe to Pro. Payment is processed securely through Stripe and your Pro features activate immediately.

Yes, cancel at any time with no fees or penalties. Your Pro access continues until the end of your billing period. Manage your subscription through the Stripe customer portal in your account settings, or contact support@pyramason.com.

We don't currently offer a free trial, but the free tier gives you full access to the map and many tools with no time limit, so you can explore the platform before deciding.

Yes. All site data is sourced from CC0 (Wikidata) and CC-BY 3.0 (Pleiades) open databases; you are free to use and cite the data in academic work. For bulk dataset licensing or commercial enquiries contact contact@pyramason.com.

It detects mathematical proportions and geometric patterns between selected ancient sites, including phi (the golden ratio), Pythagorean triangles and other significant ratios. Select multiple sites and run the analysis to see if their layout contains deliberate geometric relationships; AI interpretation explains what the detected patterns may mean in historical and cultural context.

Ley lines are straight alignments drawn between ancient sites. Auto-detect scans up to 500 visible sites and finds collinear groups within an adjustable tolerance, or you can draw lines manually. Pyramason calculates the true great-circle alignment accuracy, end-to-end distance and which sites fall along the path. Pro users also get AI analysis explaining the alignment's historical, astronomical and cultural significance.

Click any site on the map, open its info panel and click AI Research. Pyramason sends the site's details to Claude AI, which generates a research report covering the site's history, archaeological significance, competing theories, known measurements and cultural context. Reports run 1,500 words and up, averaging around 1,950, and each one is cached once generated so it loads instantly for every researcher afterwards.

Yes. Sky Align and the Natal Charts run on real planetary ephemeris: NASA-grade approximate positions valid from 3000 BCE to 3000 CE, with epoch-correct solstice azimuths and proper ascendant calculations. You can reconstruct the sky over Stonehenge on a solstice five thousand years ago, and the results are mathematics a researcher can cite.

An immersive first-person flight mode. Fly freely across the ancient world, create custom waypoint paths for cinematic flythroughs, and record video footage. A cinema mode hides the whole interface for clean recordings. The Cinematic Director lives in the gold bar at the top of the panel. Exclusive to Pro subscribers.

The map films itself. Select your sites, pick one of ten shot templates — Close Orbit, Orbit, Descend, Reveal, Approach, Skyfall, Drift, Sweep, Globe and Pilgrimage — and press ACTION. The Director hides the whole interface, flies the scenario hands-free, records it and downloads the finished clip, up to 4K. A double-pass system flies each shot once to load every tile, then records a second, identical pass — noticeably smoother, especially on older machines. Built for content creators: a finished site film with no editing software. Find it under DIRECTOR in the map's top bar, or inside Astral Projection. Exclusive to Pro subscribers.

Mapbox GL JS for the 3D map, Supabase for the database and authentication, Claude AI (Anthropic) for all AI research features, Turf.js for geodesic calculations, and an open MCP server so any AI can connect to the data.

Refresh the page first; the map is a living application and updates often. If the issue persists, email support@pyramason.com with your browser and a short description, and we will look at it quickly.