Lintel 17 Maya AD 770 Lady Balam Bird Jaguar the state of Chiapas Mexico
Yaxchilan ally referred to by the names Menché and City Lorillard is an ancient Maya city located on the Usumacinta River in what is now the state of Chiapas Mexico. The ancient name for the city was probably Pa' Chan. Yaxchilan means "green stones" in was a large center, important throughout the Classic era, and the dominant power of the Usumacinta River area. It dominated such smaller sites as Bonampak, and was long allied with Piedras Negras and at least for a time with Tikal; it was a rival of Palenque, with which Yaxchilan warred in 654. Yat-Balam, founder of a long dynasty, took the throne on 2 August, 320 when Yaxchilan was a minor site. The city-state grew to a regional capital and the dynasty lasted into the early 9th century. Yaxchilan had its greatest power during the long reign of King Shield Jaguar II, who died in his 90s in 742 The Mexican National Institute of Anthropology
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