Palenque’s heyday was the seventh century A.D., when, under the reign of K’inich Janaab’ Pakal I (King Pakal the Great), the city was transformed from relative obscurity into a powerful Maya ...

Each of the ancient Maya cities was ruled by a different king or queen ... burial in Britain. Pakal was buried in a large sarcophagus (stone coffin) in the largest of Palenque’s pyramids ...

Carrasco says the Palenque known to modernity is the product of a limited number of rulers, starting with Pakal the Great ... between nobles and the king. The construction of elite building ...

The building on the right of this image is known as the Temple of Inscriptions. It was commissioned by Palenque's ajaw (ruler) K'inich Janaab' Pakal and completed shortly after his death in 684 A.D.

Each of the ancient Maya cities was ruled by a different king or queen ... burial in Britain. Pakal was buried in a large sarcophagus (stone coffin) in the largest of Palenque’s pyramids ...