This detail from a carved stone monument from the Mayan ruins in Palenque, Mexico records the birth (644 AD) and coronation (702 AD) of K'an Joy Chit

---

This detail from a carved stone monument from the Mayan ruins in Palenque, Mexico records the birth (644 AD) and coronation (702 AD) of K'an Joy Chitam II, son of Pakal the Great. From House A-D of the Palace. Palenque Site Museum "Alberto Ruz Lluillier". Palenque National Park. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.

---

Size: 7521px × 3187px
Location: Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico
Photo credit: © Jon G. Fuller, Jr. / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., alberto, america, american, art, artifacts, attraction, bas, carving, ceremony, city, civilization, collection, color, copyright, cultural, culture, destination, display, exhibit, exhibition, format, fuller, glyphs, historic, history, horizontal, indigenous, jon, jr, king, latin, lhuillier, logographic, managed, maya, mayan, mexican, mexico, museum, national, native, palenque, park, people, photography/naturephoto, pre-columbian, pre-hispanic, relief, religious, rights, ruin, ruler, ruz, script, site, stone, structure, symbolis, symbols, tourism, tourist, travel, traveling, unesco, world