Tikal Temple IV
Petén Department, Guatemala
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Tikal Temple IV is a massive Mesoamerican pyramid built around 741 AD in the ruins of the ancient Maya city of Tikal in Petén Department, Guatemala. Erected to commemorate—or possibly serve as the funerary temple for—Yikʼin Chan Kʼawiil, the 27th ruler of the Tikal dynasty, the structure ranks among the tallest and most voluminous buildings of the Maya world, standing as the second highest pre-Columbian structure still extant in the Americas, surpassed only by the Great Pyramid of Toniná in Mexico. Located at the western edge of Tikal's site core, the temple sits at the junction of two causeways: the Tozzer Causeway, which runs eastward to the Great Plaza, and the Maudslay Causeway, extending northeast toward the Northern Zone. The summit shrine faces eastward toward the site's ceremonial heart, offering views of Temples III, I, and II in succession. Archaeologists believe the king's tomb remains undiscovered beneath the temple.
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- Mesoamerican pyramid
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- Petén Department, Guatemala
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