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Stucco head of Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal the Great, the Kʼuhul Baakel Ajaw "Divine Lord of Baakel": ruled Maya city-state by the Usumacinta R. from 615-07-27 to death 683-08-29, longest reign in the Americas. His name meant something like "Great Sun Shield" and Baakel reckons to "Big Waters"

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Stucco head of Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal the Great, the Kʼuhul Baakel Ajaw "Divine Lord of Baakel": ruled Maya city-state by the Usumacinta R. from 615-07-27 to death 683-08-29, longest reign in the Americas. His name meant something like "Great Sun Shield" and Baakel reckons to "Big Waters"

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This incense burner, depicts one of the Palenque Triad of deities that the Maya called Kinich Ajaw, or "Sun Lord." He is shown here with his trademark nose, and shell and fish symbols around his mouth. The stacking of faces is a hallmark of incense burners from Palenque. 600-900. Walters

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This incense burner, depicts one of the Palenque Triad of deities that the Maya called Kinich Ajaw, or "Sun Lord." He is shown here with his trademark nose, and shell and fish symbols around his mouth. The stacking of faces is a hallmark of incense burners from Palenque. 600-900. Walters

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Bas-relief from the Maya Temple of the Cross in Palenque, Mexico, showing a ritual performed by K’inich Kan B’ahlam on his enthronement day , honoring the god GI, with his deceased father K’inich Pakal I; between them stands the World Tree, most likely a Ceiba

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Bas-relief from the Maya Temple of the Cross in Palenque, Mexico, showing a ritual performed by K’inich Kan B’ahlam on his enthronement day , honoring the god GI, with his deceased father K’inich Pakal I; between them stands the World Tree, most likely a Ceiba

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The granite Stela 11 from Kaminaljuyu, in Guatemala, portrays one of the earliest Maya rulers dressed as a divine being. The king's branching headdress expresses his personification as the world tree that unites the layers of the heavens, earth and underworld. 200-50 BCE

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The granite Stela 11 from Kaminaljuyu, in Guatemala, portrays one of the earliest Maya rulers dressed as a divine being. The king's branching headdress expresses his personification as the world tree that unites the layers of the heavens, earth and underworld. 200-50 BCE

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