Roofcomb and top of Temple II
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| Having trouble opening the 3D Viewer? What is a 3D Point Cloud? DescriptionThe eighth-century Tikal king Jasaw Chan K'awiil commissioned Temples I and II during his reign. Temple II is dedicated to his wife, Lady Twelve Macaw (died 704 A.D.), and she is interred within it. Though its roofcomb is now eroded, Temple II has also been known as the Temple of the Masks on account of its upper frieze once having been adorned with gigantic stone and stucco masks. Roofcombs were used as grand billboards for the display of religious and political imagery. In Peten architecture, the enormous weight of these crests forced the Maya to build them upon walls that were often thicker than the narrow inner spaces of the temples they defined, a structure known as a 'corbeled vault'.
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