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🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid

Tikal Temple II (Temple of the Masks)

Late Classic Maya c. 700 CE (c. 734 dedication?) · Maya (Tikal)

Western twin of Temple I: 38 m high pyramid with temple summit south of Great Plaza (facing east toward Temple I), built for wife of Jasaw Chan K'awiil I (Lady 12 Macaw).