Tikal Temple II
Petén Department, Guatemala
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Tikal Temple II, also known as the Temple of the Masks, stands on the west side of the Great Plaza at the Maya archaeological site of Tikal in Petén, Guatemala. Built during the Late Classic Period by King Jasaw Chan Kʼawiil I in honor of his wife Lady Lahan Unen Moʼ (Twelve Macaw Tails), the pyramid displays stylistic elements reminiscent of the Early Classic era. The temple bore a single wooden sculpted lintel depicting a royal woman, possibly the queen herself, and was completed under the reign of Kʼawiil's heir, Yikʼin Chan Kʼawiil, who was Lady Lahan Unen Moʼ's son. Located opposite Temple I across the Great Plaza, Temple II was first encountered by Modesto Méndez, governor of Petén, during an 1848 expedition to the ruins, with preliminary excavations commencing in 1958.
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- Mesoamerican pyramid
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- Petén Department, Guatemala
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