 defines the so @-@ called E @-@ Groups , identified as solar observatories .   Structure 5D @-@ 96 is the central temple on the east side of the Plaza of the Seven Temples . It has been restored and its rear outer wall is decorated with skull @-@ and @-@ crossbones motifs .   Group 6C @-@ 16 is an elite residential complex that has been thoroughly excavated . It lies a few hundred metres south of the Lost World Complex and the excavations have revealed elaborate stucco masks , ballplayer murals , relief sculptures and buildings with Teotihuacan characteristics .   The Great Plaza Ballcourt is a small ballcourt that lies between Temple I and the Central Acropolis .   The Bat Palace is also known as the Palace of Windows and lies to the west of Temple III . It has two storeys , with a double range of chambers on the lower storey and a single range in the upper storey , which has been restored . The palace has ancient graffiti and possesses low windows .   Complex N lies to the west of the Bat Palace and Temple III . The complex dates to AD 711 .   = = = Altars = = =   Altar 5 is carved with two nobles , one of whom is probably Jasaw Chan K 'awiil I. They are performing a ritual using the bones of an important woman . Altar 5 was found in Complex N , which lies to the west of Temple III .   Altar 8 is sculpted with a bound captive . It was found within Complex P in Group H and is now in the Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología in Guatemala City .   Altar 9 is associated with Stela 21 and bears the sculpture of a bound captive . It is located in front of Temple VI .   Altar 10 is carved with a captive tied to a scaffold . It is in the northern enclosure of Group Q , a twin @-@ pyramid complex and has suffered from erosion .   Altar 35 is a plain monument associated with Stela 43 . The stela @-@ altar pair is centrally located at the base of the stairway of Temple IV .   = = = Lintels = = =   At Tikal , beams of sapodilla wood were placed as lintels spanning the inner doorways of temples . These are the most elaborately carved wooden lintels to have survived anywhere in the Maya region .   Lintel 3 from Temple IV was taken to Basel in Switzerland in the 19th century . It was in almost perfect condition and depicts Yik 'in Chan K 'awiil seated on a palanquin .   = = = Stelae = = =   Stelae are carved stone shafts , often sculpted with figures and hieroglyphs . A selection of the most notable stelae at Tikal follows :   Stela 1 dates to the 5th century and depicts the king Siyaj Chan K 'awiil II in a standing position .   Stela 4 is dated to AD 396 , during the reign of Yax Nuun Ayiin after the intrusion of Teotihuacan in the Maya area . The stela displays a mix of Maya and Teotihuacan qualities , and deities from both cultures . It has a portrait of the king with the Underworld Jaguar God under one arm and the Mexican Tlaloc under the other . His helmet is a simplified version of the Teotihuacan War Serpent . Unusually for Maya sculpture , but typically for Teotihuacan , Yax Nuun Ayiin is depicted with a frontal face , rather than in profile .   Stela 5 was dedicated in 744 by Yik 'in Chan K 'awiil .   Stela 6 is a badly damaged monument dating to 514 and bears the name of the " Lady of Tikal " who celebrated the end of the 4th K 'atun in that year .   Stela 10 is twinned with Stela 12 but is badly damaged . It described the accession of Kaloomte ' B 'alam in the early 6th century and earlier events in his career , including the capture of a prisoner depicted on the monument .   Stela 11 was the last monument ever erected at Tikal ; it was dedicated in 869 by Jasaw Chan K 'awiil II .   Stela 12 is linked to the queen known as the " Lady of Tikal " and king Kaloomte ' B 'alam . The queen is described as performing the year @-@ ending rituals but the monument was dedicated in honor of the king .   Stela 16 was dedicated in 711 , during the reign of Jasaw Chan K 'awiil I. The sculpture , including a portrait of the king and a hieroglyphic text , are limited to the front face of the monument . It was found in Complex
Ġdefines Ġthe Ġso Ġ@ - @ Ġcalled ĠE Ġ@ - @ ĠGroups Ġ, Ġidentified Ġas Ġsolar Ġobserv atories Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠStructure Ġ5 D Ġ@ - @ Ġ96 Ġis Ġthe Ġcentral Ġtemple Ġon Ġthe Ġeast Ġside Ġof Ġthe ĠPlaza Ġof Ġthe ĠSeven ĠTem ples Ġ. ĠIt Ġhas Ġbeen Ġrestored Ġand Ġits Ġrear Ġouter Ġwall Ġis Ġdecorated Ġwith Ġskull Ġ@ - @ Ġand Ġ@ - @ Ġcross bones Ġmotif s Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠGroup Ġ6 C Ġ@ - @ Ġ16 Ġis Ġan Ġelite Ġresidential Ġcomplex Ġthat Ġhas Ġbeen Ġthoroughly Ġexcav ated Ġ. ĠIt Ġlies Ġa Ġfew Ġhundred Ġmetres Ġsouth Ġof Ġthe ĠLost ĠWorld ĠComplex Ġand Ġthe Ġexcav ations Ġhave Ġrevealed Ġelaborate Ġst ucc o Ġmasks Ġ, Ġball player Ġmur als Ġ, Ġrelief Ġsculptures Ġand Ġbuildings Ġwith ĠTe ot ihu acan Ġcharacteristics Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe ĠGreat ĠPlaza ĠBall court Ġis Ġa Ġsmall Ġball court Ġthat Ġlies Ġbetween ĠTemple ĠI Ġand Ġthe ĠCentral ĠAc ropolis Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe ĠBat ĠPalace Ġis Ġalso Ġknown Ġas Ġthe ĠPalace Ġof ĠWindows Ġand Ġlies Ġto Ġthe Ġwest Ġof ĠTemple ĠIII Ġ. ĠIt Ġhas Ġtwo Ġstore ys Ġ, Ġwith Ġa Ġdouble Ġrange Ġof Ġchambers Ġon Ġthe Ġlower Ġstore y Ġand Ġa Ġsingle Ġrange Ġin Ġthe Ġupper Ġstore y Ġ, Ġwhich Ġhas Ġbeen Ġrestored Ġ. ĠThe Ġpalace Ġhas Ġancient Ġgraffiti Ġand Ġpossesses Ġlow Ġwindows Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠComplex ĠN Ġlies Ġto Ġthe Ġwest Ġof Ġthe ĠBat ĠPalace Ġand ĠTemple ĠIII Ġ. ĠThe Ġcomplex Ġdates Ġto ĠAD Ġ7 11 Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠAlt ars Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠAlt ar Ġ5 Ġis Ġcarved Ġwith Ġtwo Ġnobles Ġ, Ġone Ġof Ġwhom Ġis Ġprobably ĠJas aw ĠChan ĠK Ġ' awi il ĠI . ĠThey Ġare Ġperforming Ġa Ġritual Ġusing Ġthe Ġbones Ġof Ġan Ġimportant Ġwoman Ġ. ĠAlt ar Ġ5 Ġwas Ġfound Ġin ĠComplex ĠN Ġ, Ġwhich Ġlies Ġto Ġthe Ġwest Ġof ĠTemple ĠIII Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠAlt ar Ġ8 Ġis Ġsculpt ed Ġwith Ġa Ġbound Ġcaptive Ġ. ĠIt Ġwas Ġfound Ġwithin ĠComplex ĠP Ġin ĠGroup ĠH Ġand Ġis Ġnow Ġin Ġthe ĠMuse o ĠN ac ional Ġde ĠAr que olog ÃŃa Ġy ĠEt n olog ÃŃa Ġin ĠGuatemala ĠCity Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠAlt ar Ġ9 Ġis Ġassociated Ġwith ĠSt ela Ġ21 Ġand Ġbears Ġthe Ġsculpture Ġof Ġa Ġbound Ġcaptive Ġ. ĠIt Ġis Ġlocated Ġin Ġfront Ġof ĠTemple ĠVI Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠAlt ar Ġ10 Ġis Ġcarved Ġwith Ġa Ġcaptive Ġtied Ġto Ġa Ġscaff old Ġ. ĠIt Ġis Ġin Ġthe Ġnorthern Ġenclosure Ġof ĠGroup ĠQ Ġ, Ġa Ġtwin Ġ@ - @ Ġpyramid Ġcomplex Ġand Ġhas Ġsuffered Ġfrom Ġerosion Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠAlt ar Ġ35 Ġis Ġa Ġplain Ġmonument Ġassociated Ġwith ĠSt ela Ġ43 Ġ. ĠThe Ġst ela Ġ@ - @ Ġaltar Ġpair Ġis Ġcentrally Ġlocated Ġat Ġthe Ġbase Ġof Ġthe Ġstair way Ġof ĠTemple ĠIV Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠL int els Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠAt ĠTik al Ġ, Ġbeams Ġof Ġsap od illa Ġwood Ġwere Ġplaced Ġas Ġl int els Ġspanning Ġthe Ġinner Ġdoor ways Ġof Ġtemples Ġ. ĠThese Ġare Ġthe Ġmost Ġelabor ately Ġcarved Ġwooden Ġl int els Ġto Ġhave Ġsurvived Ġanywhere Ġin Ġthe ĠMaya Ġregion Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠL intel Ġ3 Ġfrom ĠTemple ĠIV Ġwas Ġtaken Ġto ĠBas el Ġin ĠSwitzerland Ġin Ġthe Ġ19 th Ġcentury Ġ. ĠIt Ġwas Ġin Ġalmost Ġperfect Ġcondition Ġand Ġdepicts ĠY ik Ġ' in ĠChan ĠK Ġ' awi il Ġseated Ġon Ġa Ġpal an quin Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠSt el ae Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠSt el ae Ġare Ġcarved Ġstone Ġshaft s Ġ, Ġoften Ġsculpt ed Ġwith Ġfigures Ġand Ġhier ogly ph s Ġ. ĠA Ġselection Ġof Ġthe Ġmost Ġnotable Ġst el ae Ġat ĠTik al Ġfollows Ġ: Ġ Ġ ĠSt ela Ġ1 Ġdates Ġto Ġthe Ġ5 th Ġcentury Ġand Ġdepicts Ġthe Ġking ĠS iy aj ĠChan ĠK Ġ' awi il ĠII Ġin Ġa Ġstanding Ġposition Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSt ela Ġ4 Ġis Ġdated Ġto ĠAD Ġ396 Ġ, Ġduring Ġthe Ġreign Ġof ĠY ax ĠNu un ĠAy i in Ġafter Ġthe Ġintrusion Ġof ĠTe ot ihu acan Ġin Ġthe ĠMaya Ġarea Ġ. ĠThe Ġst ela Ġdisplays Ġa Ġmix Ġof ĠMaya Ġand ĠTe ot ihu acan Ġqualities Ġ, Ġand Ġdeities Ġfrom Ġboth Ġcultures Ġ. ĠIt Ġhas Ġa Ġportrait Ġof Ġthe Ġking Ġwith Ġthe ĠUnderworld ĠJaguar ĠGod Ġunder Ġone Ġarm Ġand Ġthe ĠMexican ĠT l al oc Ġunder Ġthe Ġother Ġ. ĠHis Ġhelmet Ġis Ġa Ġsimplified Ġversion Ġof Ġthe ĠTe ot ihu acan ĠWar ĠSerpent Ġ. ĠUn usually Ġfor ĠMaya Ġsculpture Ġ, Ġbut Ġtypically Ġfor ĠTe ot ihu acan Ġ, ĠY ax ĠNu un ĠAy i in Ġis Ġdepicted Ġwith Ġa Ġfrontal Ġface Ġ, Ġrather Ġthan Ġin Ġprofile Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSt ela Ġ5 Ġwas Ġdedicated Ġin Ġ7 44 Ġby ĠY ik Ġ' in ĠChan ĠK Ġ' awi il Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSt ela Ġ6 Ġis Ġa Ġbadly Ġdamaged Ġmonument Ġdating Ġto Ġ5 14 Ġand Ġbears Ġthe Ġname Ġof Ġthe Ġ" ĠLady Ġof ĠTik al Ġ" Ġwho Ġcelebrated Ġthe Ġend Ġof Ġthe Ġ4 th ĠK Ġ' at un Ġin Ġthat Ġyear Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSt ela Ġ10 Ġis Ġtwin ned Ġwith ĠSt ela Ġ12 Ġbut Ġis Ġbadly Ġdamaged Ġ. ĠIt Ġdescribed Ġthe Ġaccess ion Ġof ĠKal oom te Ġ' ĠB Ġ' alam Ġin Ġthe Ġearly Ġ6 th Ġcentury Ġand Ġearlier Ġevents Ġin Ġhis Ġcareer Ġ, Ġincluding Ġthe Ġcapture Ġof Ġa Ġprisoner Ġdepicted Ġon Ġthe Ġmonument Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSt ela Ġ11 Ġwas Ġthe Ġlast Ġmonument Ġever Ġerected Ġat ĠTik al Ġ; Ġit Ġwas Ġdedicated Ġin Ġ8 69 Ġby ĠJas aw ĠChan ĠK Ġ' awi il ĠII Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSt ela Ġ12 Ġis Ġlinked Ġto Ġthe Ġqueen Ġknown Ġas Ġthe Ġ" ĠLady Ġof ĠTik al Ġ" Ġand Ġking ĠKal oom te Ġ' ĠB Ġ' alam Ġ. ĠThe Ġqueen Ġis Ġdescribed Ġas Ġperforming Ġthe Ġyear Ġ@ - @ Ġending Ġrituals Ġbut Ġthe Ġmonument Ġwas Ġdedicated Ġin Ġhonor Ġof Ġthe Ġking Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSt ela Ġ16 Ġwas Ġdedicated Ġin Ġ7 11 Ġ, Ġduring Ġthe Ġreign Ġof ĠJas aw ĠChan ĠK Ġ' awi il ĠI . ĠThe Ġsculpture Ġ, Ġincluding Ġa Ġportrait Ġof Ġthe Ġking Ġand Ġa Ġhier ogly ph ic Ġtext Ġ, Ġare Ġlimited Ġto Ġthe Ġfront Ġface Ġof Ġthe Ġmonument Ġ. ĠIt Ġwas Ġfound Ġin ĠComplex