Petén Department, Guatemala

Tikal Temple 33

Petén Department, Guatemala

Tikal Temple 33, a 33-metre-high Maya funerary pyramid in the North Acropolis of the great city of Tikal in Petén Department, Guatemala, stood prominently in the front row of structures facing the Great Plaza, positioned between Temples 32 and 34. Originally constructed as a low shrine above the tomb of king Siyaj Chan K'awiil II, which was sealed in AD 457, the temple underwent three consecutive phases of architectural expansion and remodeling that transformed the funerary monument into the imposing structure that would eventually dominate the plaza. One of the most thoroughly explored temples in the Maya area, Temple 33 was systematically dismantled by archaeologists in the mid-1960s, revealing its complex construction history and the burial practices that lay beneath.

Movement

Type

Mesoamerican pyramid

Place

Petén Department, Guatemala

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Location

17.22250, -89.62350