#Yaxchilan

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The powerful Maya Queen Consort (681-742) Lady Xoc (bottom right; pronounced "Shoke") encounters a Vision Serpent.

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#LadyKʼabʼalXook [kʼaɓal ʃoːk] or Lady Xoc (died 742), was a Maya Queen consort of Yaxchilan. She was the principal wife and aunt of King Itzamnaaj Bahlam III, who ruled the prominent kingdom of Yaxchilan from 681 to 742. She is believed by many to have been the sister of Lady Pacal. [citation needed]

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Premiers explorateurs de la civilisation maya: John Lloyd Stephens et Frederick Catherwood

Les noms de John Lloyd Stephens et de Frederick Catherwood sont à jamais liés aux Mayas et aux études mayas en tant que deux grands explorateurs qui ont documenté les ruines de Copan, au sud, à Chichen Itza, au nord. Les récits de Stephens dans ses Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan (1841) et Incidents of Travel in Yucatan (1843), complétés par les illustrations de Catherwood, ont attiré l'attention du monde entier sur la civilisation maya. La publication par Catherwood de son livre de lithographies Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan (1844) a renforcé l'intérêt mondial et a permis à la civilisation maya de sortir de l'obscurité et d'entrer dans la conscience mondiale.

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Yaxchilan, Mexico: Where Ancient Maya Meet Vibrant Jungle

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london museums/galleries dump 😵‍💫

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Help I broke Peter.

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Stone Carveing of King Itzamnaaj Bahlam III from Chiapas, Mexico dated between the 7th and 8th Centuries on display at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, Mexico

King Itzamnaaj Bahlam III, Shield Jaguar, was king of Yaxchilan now in Chiapas in Mexico. Itzamnaaj was well known for commissioning new buildings and art for the city to promote his image and he reign. Itzamnaaj lived to being 95 and was recorded leading soldiers into battle at 85 though this is debatle and could be propoganda.

Photographs taken by myself 2024

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The Labyrinth, Yaxchilan Mayan Ruins Talon Abraxas

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Throne with two lords in the eyes of a mountain. Artists: K'in Lakam Chahk and Patlajte' K'awiil Mo[…]. Guatemala, Piedras Negras, Petén. 785CE. Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala City.

"This throne... shows two figures silhouetted in the eyes of an animate mountain, perhaps portraits of King K’inich Yat Ahk III and a courtier named in the text at the top of the throne back."

"... the king was captured in 808 by a rival lord from Yaxchilan, likely responsible for the intentional destruction of the throne. (The blows were aimed at the heads; the present ones were reconstructed in the 1930s.)"

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Events 5.3 (before 1940)

752 – Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne. 1481 – The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties. 1491 – Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I. 1568 – Angered by the brutal onslaught of Spanish troops at Fort Caroline, a French force burns the San Mateo fort and massacres hundreds of Spaniards. 1616 – Treaty of Loudun ends a French civil war. 1715 – A total solar eclipse is visible across northern Europe and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within four minutes accuracy. 1791 – The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. 1802 – Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city after Congress abolishes the Board of Commissioners, the District's founding government. The "City of Washington" is given a mayor-council form of government. 1808 – Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia. 1808 – Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are executed near Príncipe Pío hill. 1815 – Neapolitan War: Joachim Murat, King of Naples, is defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Tolentino, the decisive engagement of the war. 1830 – The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel. 1837 – The University of Athens is founded in Athens, Greece. 1848 – The boar-crested Anglo-Saxon Benty Grange helmet is discovered in a barrow on the Benty Grange farm in Derbyshire. 1849 – The May Uprising in Dresden begins: The last of the German revolutions of 1848–49. 1855 – American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua. 1901 – The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida. 1913 – Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film, is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry. 1920 – A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia. 1921 – Ireland is partitioned under British law by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, creating Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. 1921 – West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues. 1928 – The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days. 1939 – The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

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Hidden in the jungle, the mayan ruins of Yaxchilan, Chiapas / Mexico

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La religion Maya: la lumière qui venait de derrière la mer

Le texte religieux maya, Popol Vuh (connu sous de nombreux autres noms, comme La lumière venue de l’autre côté de la mer) est l’histoire de la création des Maya Quiché traduite en espagnol au début du 18ième siècle par le missionnaire Francisco Ximenez à partir de plus anciens récits. Puisque la majorité des livres mayas avaient été brûlés par l’évêque du Yucatan, Diego de Landa, en juillet 1562, ce texte est d’autant plus important dans la compréhension de la culture et des croyances religieuses mayas, même si d’autres informations sont disponibles à travers des glyphes, des stèles, diverses oeuvres d’art et les trois célèbres livres mayas (connus sous les Codices de Dresde, Paris et Madrid, nommées d’après le nom des villes où ils ont été emmenés) qui ont survécu l’auto da fé de Landa. Le Popol Vuh a été appelé “la Bible Maya” et cette désignation est malheureuse dans le sens où cela présente ce texte sous la lumière interprétative d’une écriture occidentale connue. Contrairement aux histoires et poèmes qui constituent l’anthologie d’anciens textes connus sous la Bible, le Popol Vuh n’a jamais été considéré comme une œuvre pertinente par les Mayas. Il était interprété par les Mayas de la même manière que les anciens Grecs recevaient et comprenaient l'Iliade et l'Odyssée d'Homère: comme des récits à comprendre comme la manière dont les choses auraient pu être, pourraient être, et non comme une «Vérité» directe révélée par un dieu omnipotent aux êtres humains. Les Mayas désignaient cette œuvre sous le terme “Ilb’al” - un instrument de vision- qui offrait de la clarté à son auditeur.

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Hidden in the jungle, the mayan ruins of Yaxchilan, Chiapas / Mexico

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Yaxchilan, Mexico: Where Ancient Maya Meet Vibrant Jungle