 stands 57 metres ( 187 ft ) high , making it the second tallest structure at Tikal - only Temple IV is taller . The temple has been dated to about AD 700 , in the Late Classic period , via radiocarbon analysis and the dating of ceramics associated with the structure places its construction during the reign of Nun Bak Chak in the second half of the 7th century .   Temple VI is also known as the Temple of the Inscriptions and was dedicated in AD 766 . It is notable for its 12 @-@ metre ( 39 ft ) high roof @-@ comb . Panels of hieroglyphs cover the back and sides of the roof @-@ comb . The temple faces onto a plaza to the west and its front is unrestored .   Temple 33 was a funerary pyramid erected over the tomb of Siyaj Chan K 'awiil I ( known as Burial 48 ) in the North Acropolis . It started life in the Early Classic as a wide basal platform decorated with large stucco masks that flanked the stairway . Later in the Early Classic a new superstructure was added , with its own masks and decorated panels . During the Hiatus a third stage was built over the earlier constructions , the stairway was demolished and another royal burial , of an unidentified ruler , was set into the structure ( Burial 23 ) . While the new pyramid was being built another high ranking tomb ( Burial 24 ) was inserted into the rubble core of the building . The pyramid was then completed , standing 33 metres ( 108 ft ) tall . The final version of Temple 33 was completely dismantled by archaeologists in 1965 in order to arrive at the earlier stages of construction .   Structure 34 is a pyramid in the North Acropolis that was built by Siyaj Chan K 'awiil II over the tomb of his father , Yax Nuun Ayiin I. The pyramid was topped by a three chambered shrine , the rooms situated one behind the other .   Structure 5D @-@ 43 is an unusual radial temple in the East Plaza , built over a pre @-@ existing twin pyramid complex . It is built into the end of the East Plaza Ballcourt and possessed four entry doorways and three stairways , the fourth ( south ) side was too close to the Central Acropolis for a stairway on that side . The building has a talud @-@ tablero platform profile , modified from the original style found at Teotihuacan . In fact , it has been suggested that the style of the building has closer affinities with El Tajin and Xochicalco than with Teotihuacan itself . The vertical tablero panels are set between sloping talud panels and are decorated with paired disc symbols . Large flower symbols are set into the sloping talud panels , related to the Venus and star symbols used at Teotihuacan . The roof of the structure was decorated with friezes although only fragments now remain , showing a monstrous face , perhaps that of a jaguar , with another head emerging from the mouth . The second head possesses a bifurcated tongue but is probably not that of a snake . The temple , and its associated ballcourt , probably date to the reign of Nuun Ujol Chaak or that of his son Jasaw Chan K 'awiil I , in the later part of the 7th century .   Structure 5C @-@ 49 possesses a clear Teotihuacan @-@ linked architectural style ; it has balustrades , an architectural feature that is very rare in the Maya region , and a talud @-@ tablero façade ; it dates to the 4th century AD . It is located near to the Lost World pyramid .   Structure 5C @-@ 53 is a small Teotihuacan @-@ style platform that dates to about AD 600 . It had stairways on all four sides and did not possess a superstructure .   The Lost World Pyramid ( Structure 5C @-@ 54 ) is the largest structure in the Mundo Perdido complex . It lies in the southwest portion of Tikal ’ s central core , south of Temple III and west of Temple V. It was decorated with stucco masks of the sun god and dates to the Late Preclassic ; this pyramid is part of an enclosed complex of structures that remained intact and un @-@ impacted by later building activity at Tikal . By the end of the Late Preclassic this pyramid was one of the largest structures in the Maya region . It attained its final form during the reign of Chak Tok Ich 'aak in the 4th century AD , in the Early Classic , standing more than 30 metres ( 98 ft ) high with stairways on all four sides and a flat top that possibly supported a superstructure built from perishable materials . Although the plaza later suffered significant alteration , the organization of a group of temples on the east side of this complex adheres to the layout that
Ġstands Ġ57 Ġmetres Ġ( Ġ187 Ġft Ġ) Ġhigh Ġ, Ġmaking Ġit Ġthe Ġsecond Ġtallest Ġstructure Ġat ĠTik al Ġ- Ġonly ĠTemple ĠIV Ġis Ġtaller Ġ. ĠThe Ġtemple Ġhas Ġbeen Ġdated Ġto Ġabout ĠAD Ġ700 Ġ, Ġin Ġthe ĠLate ĠClassic Ġperiod Ġ, Ġvia Ġradi oc arbon Ġanalysis Ġand Ġthe Ġdating Ġof Ġcer am ics Ġassociated Ġwith Ġthe Ġstructure Ġplaces Ġits Ġconstruction Ġduring Ġthe Ġreign Ġof ĠNun ĠBak ĠChak Ġin Ġthe Ġsecond Ġhalf Ġof Ġthe Ġ7 th Ġcentury Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠTemple ĠVI Ġis Ġalso Ġknown Ġas Ġthe ĠTemple Ġof Ġthe ĠIn script ions Ġand Ġwas Ġdedicated Ġin ĠAD Ġ7 66 Ġ. ĠIt Ġis Ġnotable Ġfor Ġits Ġ12 Ġ@ - @ Ġmetre Ġ( Ġ39 Ġft Ġ) Ġhigh Ġroof Ġ@ - @ Ġcomb Ġ. ĠPan els Ġof Ġhier ogly ph s Ġcover Ġthe Ġback Ġand Ġsides Ġof Ġthe Ġroof Ġ@ - @ Ġcomb Ġ. ĠThe Ġtemple Ġfaces Ġonto Ġa Ġplaza Ġto Ġthe Ġwest Ġand Ġits Ġfront Ġis Ġunrest ored Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠTemple Ġ33 Ġwas Ġa Ġfuner ary Ġpyramid Ġerected Ġover Ġthe Ġtomb Ġof ĠS iy aj ĠChan ĠK Ġ' awi il ĠI Ġ( Ġknown Ġas ĠBur ial Ġ48 Ġ) Ġin Ġthe ĠNorth ĠAc ropolis Ġ. ĠIt Ġstarted Ġlife Ġin Ġthe ĠEarly ĠClassic Ġas Ġa Ġwide Ġbasal Ġplatform Ġdecorated Ġwith Ġlarge Ġst ucc o Ġmasks Ġthat Ġflanked Ġthe Ġstair way Ġ. ĠLater Ġin Ġthe ĠEarly ĠClassic Ġa Ġnew Ġsuperst ructure Ġwas Ġadded Ġ, Ġwith Ġits Ġown Ġmasks Ġand Ġdecorated Ġpanels Ġ. ĠDuring Ġthe ĠH iatus Ġa Ġthird Ġstage Ġwas Ġbuilt Ġover Ġthe Ġearlier Ġconstruct ions Ġ, Ġthe Ġstair way Ġwas Ġdemolished Ġand Ġanother Ġroyal Ġburial Ġ, Ġof Ġan Ġunidentified Ġruler Ġ, Ġwas Ġset Ġinto Ġthe Ġstructure Ġ( ĠBur ial Ġ23 Ġ) Ġ. ĠWhile Ġthe Ġnew Ġpyramid Ġwas Ġbeing Ġbuilt Ġanother Ġhigh Ġranking Ġtomb Ġ( ĠBur ial Ġ24 Ġ) Ġwas Ġinserted Ġinto Ġthe Ġrubble Ġcore Ġof Ġthe Ġbuilding Ġ. ĠThe Ġpyramid Ġwas Ġthen Ġcompleted Ġ, Ġstanding Ġ33 Ġmetres Ġ( Ġ108 Ġft Ġ) Ġtall Ġ. ĠThe Ġfinal Ġversion Ġof ĠTemple Ġ33 Ġwas Ġcompletely Ġdismantled Ġby Ġarchaeologists Ġin Ġ1965 Ġin Ġorder Ġto Ġarrive Ġat Ġthe Ġearlier Ġstages Ġof Ġconstruction Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠStructure Ġ34 Ġis Ġa Ġpyramid Ġin Ġthe ĠNorth ĠAc ropolis Ġthat Ġwas Ġbuilt Ġby ĠS iy aj ĠChan ĠK Ġ' awi il ĠII Ġover Ġthe Ġtomb Ġof Ġhis Ġfather Ġ, ĠY ax ĠNu un ĠAy i in ĠI . ĠThe Ġpyramid Ġwas Ġtopped Ġby Ġa Ġthree Ġch amb ered Ġshrine Ġ, Ġthe Ġrooms Ġsituated Ġone Ġbehind Ġthe Ġother Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠStructure Ġ5 D Ġ@ - @ Ġ43 Ġis Ġan Ġunusual Ġradial Ġtemple Ġin Ġthe ĠEast ĠPlaza Ġ, Ġbuilt Ġover Ġa Ġpre Ġ@ - @ Ġexisting Ġtwin Ġpyramid Ġcomplex Ġ. ĠIt Ġis Ġbuilt Ġinto Ġthe Ġend Ġof Ġthe ĠEast ĠPlaza ĠBall court Ġand Ġpossessed Ġfour Ġentry Ġdoor ways Ġand Ġthree Ġstair ways Ġ, Ġthe Ġfourth Ġ( Ġsouth Ġ) Ġside Ġwas Ġtoo Ġclose Ġto Ġthe ĠCentral ĠAc ropolis Ġfor Ġa Ġstair way Ġon Ġthat Ġside Ġ. ĠThe Ġbuilding Ġhas Ġa Ġtal ud Ġ@ - @ Ġtab ler o Ġplatform Ġprofile Ġ, Ġmodified Ġfrom Ġthe Ġoriginal Ġstyle Ġfound Ġat ĠTe ot ihu acan Ġ. ĠIn Ġfact Ġ, Ġit Ġhas Ġbeen Ġsuggested Ġthat Ġthe Ġstyle Ġof Ġthe Ġbuilding Ġhas Ġcloser Ġaff in ities Ġwith ĠEl ĠTaj in Ġand ĠX och ical co Ġthan Ġwith ĠTe ot ihu acan Ġitself Ġ. ĠThe Ġvertical Ġtab ler o Ġpanels Ġare Ġset Ġbetween Ġsl oping Ġtal ud Ġpanels Ġand Ġare Ġdecorated Ġwith Ġpaired Ġdisc Ġsymbols Ġ. ĠLarge Ġflower Ġsymbols Ġare Ġset Ġinto Ġthe Ġsl oping Ġtal ud Ġpanels Ġ, Ġrelated Ġto Ġthe ĠVenus Ġand Ġstar Ġsymbols Ġused Ġat ĠTe ot ihu acan Ġ. ĠThe Ġroof Ġof Ġthe Ġstructure Ġwas Ġdecorated Ġwith Ġf rie zes Ġalthough Ġonly Ġfragments Ġnow Ġremain Ġ, Ġshowing Ġa Ġmonstrous Ġface Ġ, Ġperhaps Ġthat Ġof Ġa Ġj agu ar Ġ, Ġwith Ġanother Ġhead Ġemerging Ġfrom Ġthe Ġmouth Ġ. ĠThe Ġsecond Ġhead Ġpossesses Ġa Ġb if ur c ated Ġtongue Ġbut Ġis Ġprobably Ġnot Ġthat Ġof Ġa Ġsnake Ġ. ĠThe Ġtemple Ġ, Ġand Ġits Ġassociated Ġball court Ġ, Ġprobably Ġdate Ġto Ġthe Ġreign Ġof ĠNu un ĠU j ol ĠCha ak Ġor Ġthat Ġof Ġhis Ġson ĠJas aw ĠChan ĠK Ġ' awi il ĠI Ġ, Ġin Ġthe Ġlater Ġpart Ġof Ġthe Ġ7 th Ġcentury Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠStructure Ġ5 C Ġ@ - @ Ġ49 Ġpossesses Ġa Ġclear ĠTe ot ihu acan Ġ@ - @ Ġlinked Ġarchitectural Ġstyle Ġ; Ġit Ġhas Ġbal ust r ades Ġ, Ġan Ġarchitectural Ġfeature Ġthat Ġis Ġvery Ġrare Ġin Ġthe ĠMaya Ġregion Ġ, Ġand Ġa Ġtal ud Ġ@ - @ Ġtab ler o Ġfa Ã§ ade Ġ; Ġit Ġdates Ġto Ġthe Ġ4 th Ġcentury ĠAD Ġ. ĠIt Ġis Ġlocated Ġnear Ġto Ġthe ĠLost ĠWorld Ġpyramid Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠStructure Ġ5 C Ġ@ - @ Ġ53 Ġis Ġa Ġsmall ĠTe ot ihu acan Ġ@ - @ Ġstyle Ġplatform Ġthat Ġdates Ġto Ġabout ĠAD Ġ600 Ġ. ĠIt Ġhad Ġstair ways Ġon Ġall Ġfour Ġsides Ġand Ġdid Ġnot Ġpossess Ġa Ġsuperst ructure Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe ĠLost ĠWorld ĠPyramid Ġ( ĠStructure Ġ5 C Ġ@ - @ Ġ54 Ġ) Ġis Ġthe Ġlargest Ġstructure Ġin Ġthe ĠMund o ĠPer d ido Ġcomplex Ġ. ĠIt Ġlies Ġin Ġthe Ġsouthwest Ġportion Ġof ĠTik al ĠâĢ Ļ Ġs Ġcentral Ġcore Ġ, Ġsouth Ġof ĠTemple ĠIII Ġand Ġwest Ġof ĠTemple ĠV . ĠIt Ġwas Ġdecorated Ġwith Ġst ucc o Ġmasks Ġof Ġthe Ġsun Ġgod Ġand Ġdates Ġto Ġthe ĠLate ĠPre classic Ġ; Ġthis Ġpyramid Ġis Ġpart Ġof Ġan Ġenclosed Ġcomplex Ġof Ġstructures Ġthat Ġremained Ġintact Ġand Ġun Ġ@ - @ Ġimpacted Ġby Ġlater Ġbuilding Ġactivity Ġat ĠTik al Ġ. ĠBy Ġthe Ġend Ġof Ġthe ĠLate ĠPre classic Ġthis Ġpyramid Ġwas Ġone Ġof Ġthe Ġlargest Ġstructures Ġin Ġthe ĠMaya Ġregion Ġ. ĠIt Ġattained Ġits Ġfinal Ġform Ġduring Ġthe Ġreign Ġof ĠChak ĠTok ĠIch Ġ' a ak Ġin Ġthe Ġ4 th Ġcentury ĠAD Ġ, Ġin Ġthe ĠEarly ĠClassic Ġ, Ġstanding Ġmore Ġthan Ġ30 Ġmetres Ġ( Ġ98 Ġft Ġ) Ġhigh Ġwith Ġstair ways Ġon Ġall Ġfour Ġsides Ġand Ġa Ġflat Ġtop Ġthat Ġpossibly Ġsupported Ġa Ġsuperst ructure Ġbuilt Ġfrom Ġper ishable Ġmaterials Ġ. ĠAlthough Ġthe Ġplaza Ġlater Ġsuffered Ġsignificant Ġalteration Ġ, Ġthe Ġorganization Ġof Ġa Ġgroup Ġof Ġtemples Ġon Ġthe Ġeast Ġside Ġof Ġthis Ġcomplex Ġad heres Ġto Ġthe Ġlayout Ġthat