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Tikal Temple III, also known as the Temple of the Jaguar Priest, [1] was one of the principal temple pyramids at the ancient Maya city of Tikal, in the Petén Department of modern Guatemala. The temple stands approximately 55 metres (180 ft) tall. [1] The summit shrine of Temple III differs from those of the other major temples at Tikal in that ...
Temple III (also known as the Temple of the Jaguar Priest) was the last of the great pyramids to be built at Tikal. It stood 55 meters (180 ft) tall and contained an elaborately sculpted but damaged roof lintel, possibly showing Dark Sun engaged in a ritual dance around AD 810. [71]
Tikal is known to have had at least 33 rulers from the 1st through 9th centuries AD. ... ("Dark Sun") – r. c. 810; buried in Temple III. "Jewel Kʼawil" – r. 849 ...
The National Tikal Project (Proyecto Nacional Tikal) investigated the Mundo Perdido from 1979 until 1985, and partially restored the principal structures of the complex. [8] The Mundo Perdido was the first architectural complex to be built at Tikal in the Preclassic period and the last to be abandoned during the Terminal Classic.
Tikal Temple III; Tikal Temple IV; Tikal Temple V; Tikal Temple VI; Tikal Temple 33; Twin-pyramid complex; Y. Yaxha
Tikal — the Maya civilization city polity in the Petén Basin The present day archaeological site and its structures, of the Mayan Classic Period (c. 250 CE − 900 CE), are located in the Petén Department of Guatemala .
The temple rises in seven 4-metre (13 ft) high stepped levels with inset rounded corners, the curve having a radius of 3 metres (9.8 ft). [11] Temple V is unique in this respect, with no other major temple at Tikal having rounded corners, although similar corners are known from a triadic temple at Caracol in Belize. The main body of the pyramid ...
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