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Tagspyramid
202 places carry this tag, across every kind and continent it appears in.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Middle Preclassic to Late Classic · Maya (Miron–Holmul–Tikal sphere)
Maya metropolis (Preclassic–Classic) 20 km north of Tikal comprising Groups A–H, world type-site for E-Group astronomical complex — Structure E-VII Sub (Preclassic) with three east...
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Early to Late Classic Maya (250–900 CE) · Maya (Usumacinta basin)
Powerful Classic Maya kingdom capital Yo’k’ib on Usumacinta north bank (450–810 CE) with 8 km² centre.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Preclassic (1000 BCE–250 CE), Late Preclassic 400–100 BCE · Maya (Lowland Preclassic)
Revolutionary Preclassic centre (400 BCE–200 CE) with 7-m-tall Late Preclassic murals — earliest Maya polychrome mythology preserved inside 10 m-high Las Pinturas pyramid (90x60 m base) beneath later…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Preclassic–Late Classic · Maya (Snake/Tikal sphere)
Borderland trading city (800 BCE–900 CE) on Holmul River near Belize, famed for Building A 8-m-wide Witz monster stucco frieze (590 BCE La Sufricaya mural earliest Maya mural) on s...
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Preclassic to Late Classic (300 BCE–750 CE) · Maya (Petén lowland, Tikal adversary)
Steep ridge-top Early Classic royal acropolis (c.300 BCE–750 CE, zenith 350–550 CE) 7 km west of Tikal's enemy El Zotz main group, dominated by 30 m high Diablo Pyramid (terraced platform with summit…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Preclassic–Late Classic · Maya (Eastern Petén)
Lacustrine Maya city (600 BCE–900 CE) on north shore of Lake Yaxhá, with 500+ structures: North Acropolis 23 m twin pyramids, Main Plazas, South Acropolis, twin ballcourts, island...
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Preclassic–Classic · Maya (Ixcun stela cult)
Dolores valley stela city (600 BCE–900 CE) near Guatemalan-Belize border with 8 photogenic carved stela altars including Stela 1 3.2 m tall — tallest Petén north stela with 9.16.0....
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Early Classic–Postclassic (Mam–K'iche') · Maya (Mam) with K'iche' overlay
Fortified hilltop white-plastered city on Selegua River terrace near Huehuetenango (400–1525 CE), with 43 structures: Pyramid Pyramid 7 ballcourt-pyramid 12 m, palace, and 1,000-m...
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Preclassic–Terminal Classic · Maya (Holmul valley)
Strategic acropolis city (600 BCE–950 CE) 18 km north of Yaxhá on Holmul River terrace, with Temple V 40-m pyramid, North Acropolis triadic group, Central Plaza and South Acropolis...
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Temple complex
Preclassic–Classic Maya · Maya (Mutal dynasty)
Classic Maya superpower (600 BCE–900 CE) — UNESCO 1979 Mirador-Tikal jantung dengan Mundo Perdido 30-m E-Group observatory (600 BCE–), North Acropolis dynastic necropolis 1000 year...
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Preclassic to Late Classic (600 BCE–900 CE) · Maya (Yaxhá–Naranjo rivalry)
Major Petén lakeside Maya city (600 BCE–900 CE) between Yaxhá and Sacnab lakes, rival to Naranjo, covering 3 km² with 9 pyramids.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Preclassic–Late Classic · Maya (Saal dynasty)
Aggressive Classic superpower capital Sa'aal (500 BCE–950 CE), 180 m hill above Holmul valley with 19 palaces, hieroglyphic stairway recording 45 star-war defeats by Lady Six Sky,...
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Preclassic to Late Classic (400 BCE–900 CE) · Maya (Petén lowland)
Massive Classic Maya city 16 km NE of San Bartolo (400 BCE–900 CE) with 5 km² settlement and 35 m-high Lost World pyramid (12H3, 50x20 m base, 26 m high, 5 phases).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Preclassic to Early Classic, c.500 BCE–300 CE · Maya (Preclassic Lowland)
Pyramid E-VII-sub in Uaxactun Group E (c.500 BCE–200 CE, Preclassic–Early Classic). Eastern triadic platform of the canonical E-Group solar observatory: western pyramid E-VII aligned to three eastern…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Preclassic to Late Classic, c.150 BCE–900 CE · Maya (Mirador Basin)
Pyramid La Perdida (Lost Pyramid, Structure XII) at Naachtun (c.150 BCE–900 CE, massive 130-ha city between Tikal and Mirador).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Late Classic, c.730–734 CE, reign Hasaw Chan K'awil · Maya (Classic Lowland)
Temple I — Gran Jaguar — pyramid over tomb of Jasaw Chan K'awiil I (Hasaw Chan K'awil, r.682–734 CE), north of Great Plaza, 47 m high.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Early to Middle Preclassic 1400–400 BCE (Mamom), latest major 300 BCE · Maya (Mirador Basin early Preclassic)
Centerpiece of Nakbe East Group: Structure 1 is 45 m high Triadic pyramid dating to 1000 BCE early Mamom, with massive stucco masks 5 m wide on first tier.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Late Classic · Maya
Giant Preclassic Maya pyramid La Danta at El Mirador (300 BCE) 72 m high (170 m with platform) 2800×1900 m base platform, largest pyramid volume in Maya.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Late Preclassic, c.300 BCE–150 CE (peak 100 BCE) · Maya (Preclassic Mirador)
Tigre Pyramid at El Mirador (c.300 BCE–150 CE, Middle Preclassic to Late Preclassic colossus) — 55 m high, base 145 × 145 m, 18 m high temple atop, part of Tigre complex south of La Danta.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Late Preclassic, c.400 BCE–150 CE · Maya (Preclassic Mirador Basin)
Mano de León pyramid at El Tintal (c.400 BCE–150 CE Preclassic) — 30 m high, 50 m base stepped pyramid second to El Tintal's Catzin structure (39 m).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Late Classic · Maya
Maya super city Naachtun in Mirador Basin, triadic pyramids, Structure XXVII 30 m high pyramid, lidar 2022.
