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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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