Temple IV is located in the southern end of the Great Acropolis at Comalcalco, on top of a three-tiered platform. Its central part contains a vaulted gallery which was once hidden by the central stairway leading to the upper temple.
Inside this gallery was the looted burial of a noble person, whose walls were decorated with scenes from the Maya underworld. The interior of the upper temple is divided by two vaulted galleries, the innermost of which contained the shrine. Here the archaeologists found the remains of a human-like sculpture which was originally built into the wall.
Most of the temples of the Great Acropolis contain funerary crypts, where the elite members of the society, including at least one of Comalcalco rulers, were buried.
- Guide to the Maya Civilization
- Mesoamerican Timeline
