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    Copán, which is in present-day Honduras. Copán was a major Maya civilization center during the Classic period of Mesoamerican chronology, and Altar Q...
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    Copán is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization in the Copán Department of western Honduras, not far from the border with Guatemala. It is one...
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    as described by Copán Altar Q. Soon thereafter, Yax K'uk' Mo' installed Tok Casper as king of Quiriguá, about 50 km north of Copán. The city reached...
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    otherwise is noted. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maya stelae. Copán Altar Q Olmec colossal heads Pascual Abaj Potbelly sculpture Yaxchilan Lintel...
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  • similar to the famous Copán Altar Q. Maudslay found this bench panel in pieces above a raised platform inside Temple 11 at Copán in 1881. He shipped it...
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    Maya city-state Copán (current western Honduras). The list only includes kings after 426 when K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' reformed Copán. Copán was ruled by the...
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    the city reached as far south as Copán, whose founder Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Mo' was clearly connected with Tikal. Copán itself was not in an ethnically Maya...
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    Yax Kuk Mo dynasty (category Kings of Copán)
    last ruler of Copán. On Altar Q, he is shown receiving the scepter of power from K'inich Yax K'uk 'Mo'. Yax Pasah was the last king of Copán, although there...
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    Chan Imix Kʼawiil (category Kings of Copán)
    the Maya city state Copán. His nickname was Smoke Jaguar. Smoke Jaguar is thought to have been the longest-reigning king of Copán, ruling from 628 to...
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    Asociacion Copan" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-10-26. @dm1n25tr4t0r (2013-04-29). "El Museo de la Escultura, Parque Arqueológico de Copán Ruinas"...
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    king K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat's military victory over Copán in 738. When the greatest king of Copán, Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil or "18-Rabbit", was defeated...
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  • previous rulers in Copán, the first safe reference is from 426. All the rulers, with the exception of the last one, appear in the called Altar Q.) c.520-544:...
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  • Ukit Took (category Kings of Copán)
    Took was the last Ajaw of Copán. He ascended the throne on 6 February 822. He commissioned Altar L in the style of Altar Q, but the monument was never...
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    Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ (category Kings of Copán)
    Copán, a major Maya site located in the southeastern Maya lowlands region in present-day Honduras. The motifs associated with his depiction on Copán monuments...
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    Caracol (section Altar 1)
    Altar 7. Along with Stela 15, it seems to have been broken in antiquity and buried beneath Altar 7. Erected by K'an III, it is associated with Altar 10...
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  • kings complement this analysis. Altar Q at Copán shows a reign of kings from 426 to 763. One last king not recorded on Altar Q was Ukit Took, "Patron of Flint"...
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  • Yax Pasaj Chan Yopaat (category Kings of Copán)
    or later. This is on the site of the city of Copán in western Honduras. He is the king who made Altar Q. He was the sixteenth and last king in line, whose...
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    Tzi-Bʼalam (category Kings of Copán)
    in May 553. His surviving monuments were found in the modern village of Copán Ruinas, which was a major complex during the Classic period. The most famous...
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    Sak-Lu (category Kings of Copán)
    Sak-Lu was the ninth ruler of the Maya city state Copán. Martin & Grube 2000, p. 197. Martin, Simon; Nikolai Grube (2000). Chronicle of the Maya Kings...
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    Wil Ohl Kʼinich (category Kings of Copán)
    Wil Ohl Kʼinich was the eighth ruler of the Maya city state Copan. He was nicknamed Head on Earth by archaeologists. Sharer & Traxler 2006, p. 336. Martin...
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    A, 732 a.C Mable Mayan Vessel, 700–1000,ac ceremonial cup, 763-820 a.C Altar Q, 776 a.C Mayan sculpture of Mayan rain god Chaac, 600-700 a.C Dragon head...
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    had been a vassal of its southern neighbour Copán, and in 724 Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil, king of Copán, installed K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat upon Quiriguá's...
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    archaeological remains include: Contents:  Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Maya architecture List of Mesoamerican pyramids Degradation...
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    collection of Mayan material culture from Copán, Holmul, Labna, Piedras Negras, and Uaxactun, stone sculptures from Copán, fine artifacts from the Sacred Cenote...
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  • "Temple of the Sun", Palenque. General shot of exhibit room 1 Altar Q (Late Classic period, Copan, Honduras) and El Castillo (Terminal Classic period, Chichen...
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