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Verified places tagged “late classic” in Guatemala · Mysteria

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Verified places tagged “late classic” in Guatemala

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🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid

Tikal Temple VI (Temple of the Inscriptions)

Late Classic (Tepeu 2) · Maya (Tikal dynasty)

Tikal Temple VI — 12 m pyramid with 12 m roof comb bearing 180-glyph history text of Tikal 766 CE, SE causeway terminus.

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🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid

Yaxhá Pyramids

Preclassic 1000 BCE – Late Classic 900 CE; peak 600–900 CE · Maya (Yaxhá kingdom)

Major Late Classic lakeside Maya city 237 structures and 40 stelae on Yaxhá Lake isthmus: Twin North Acropolis, East Acropolis triadic Temple 216 (26 m high, painted red, largest in Yaxhá, second…

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🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid

Tikal Temple III (Temple of the Jaguar Priest)

Late Classic Terminal Classic transition c. 810–820 CE · Maya (Tikal late)

55 m high pyramid west of Tozzer Causeway, last great temple built at Tikal for Dark Sun / Chitam late 8th c: thickest roof comb remaining, steep 55° stair and jaguar-pelt sculpture of priest at…