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Tikal was one of the major cultural and population centers of the Maya civilization. Monumental architecture was built here as early as the 4th century BC. The city was at its height in the Maya Classic Period, approximately 200 AD to 850 AD, after which no new major monuments were built, some of the palaces of the elite were burned, and the population gradually declined until the site was abandoned by the end of the 10th century. The name "Tikal" means "Place of Voices" or "Place of Tongues" in Maya, which may be an ancient name for the city, although the ancient heiroglyphs usually refer to it as Mutal or Yax Mutal, meaning "Green Bundle", and perhaps metaphorically "First Prophecy".
Scholars estimate that at its peak, it had a population from 100,000 to 200,000.
The site presents hundreds of significant ancient buildings, only a fraction of which have been excavated in the decades of archeological work.
The most prominent surviving buildings include six very large step pyramids supporting temples on their tops. They were numbered geographically by early explorers. They were built during the city's height from the late 7th and early 9th century. Temple I was built around 695Events People of Byzantium revolt against Justinian II. Leontius II made emperor, Justinian II is banished. Willibrordus appointed archbishop of the Frisians. Childebert II succeeds Clovis III as king of the Franks. Sigeheard and Swafred succeed Sebbi as; Temple III in 810Events October 1 A man with a sword makes an attempt on emperor Nicephorus I's life. In the following trial, the assassin claims insanity as his defense. Births Emperor Nimmyo of Japan Kenneth I, king of Scotland (approximate date) Kassia, poet and compos; The largest, Temple-pyramid IV, some 72 meters (230 feet) high, was dedicated in 720Events Umayyad caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz succeeded by Yazid II ibn Abd al-Malik The Nihonshoki , one of the oldest history book in Japan, is completed Births Bertrada, wife of Pippin III Pope Stephen IV Deaths Sainte Odile, Saint Patron of Alsace, Franc. Temple V is from about 750Events Last Umayyad caliph Marwan II ( 744-750) overthrown by first Abbasid caliph, Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah 750 750s.. Temple VI was dedicated in 766Events November 16 Nicetas appointed Patriarch of Constantinople Births January 1 Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818) Deaths 766..
The ancient city also has the remains of royal palacePalais de la Cit in Paris, the royal palace of France. Viewed from the back, across the Seine River, with the Sainte Chapelle on the right side. Painted in the 1410s. This article refers to royal residences. For more information on the graphical virtual rs, in addition to a number of smaller pyramids, palaces, residences, and inscribed stone monuments. There is even a building which seemed to have been a jail, originally with wooden bars across the windows and doors. There are also several courts for playing the Mesoamerican ballgameGreat Ball Court at Chichen Itz The Ball Court. A Ball Court Goal, Chichen. Ball court marker From the Maya site of Chinkultic Dated to 591 The Mesoamerican ballgame was a sport with ritual associations played for over 3000 years by the peoples of Mesoame.
The residential area of Tikal covers an estimated 60 km 2 (23 square miles), much of which has not yet been cleared or excavated.
A huge set of earthworks has been discovered ringing Tikal, with a 6 meter wide trench behind a rampart. Only some 9km of it has been mapped; it may have enclosed an area of some 125 km square.
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