Pyramid Explorer

La Danta

El Mirador, Petén, Guatemala

Maya triadic pyramid. Height: 72 m. Date: Late Preclassic (c. 300 BCE – 150 CE), with reoccupation in the Late and Terminal Classic.

Civic and ceremonial complex and residence of a ruling lineage. Estimated volume of 2.8 million m³, one of the largest structures of the ancient world.

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