Tikal

Tikal is the ruin of an ancient Maya city, likely once called Yax Mutal, in a rainforest in the Peten Basin of northern Guatemala, one of the largest archaeological sites and urban centers of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization; the site forms part of Guatemala's Tikal National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. Tikal contains six major pyramid structures, each supporting a temple on its summit, some rising more than 60 meters, and each of the major temples is estimated to have been built in as little as two years. Temple I, the Temple of the Great Jaguar, was completed around 740 to 750 CE as a funerary monument for the ruler Jasaw Chan Kawil, rising 47 meters, while Temple IV, the tallest at Tikal at 70 meters, dates to about 741 CE and marks the reign of Yikin Chan Kawil; Temple VI, the Temple of the Inscriptions, was dedicated in 766 CE and carries a 12 meter roof comb covered in hieroglyphic panels.