A limestone stela created in 702 by an unknown Mayan artist depicting Ix Wak Jalam Chan (or Wak Chanil Ajaw), currently on long term loan from the Republic of Guatemala to the Metropolitan Museum ...

Did she build it for war or peace? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ruthless Maya warrior queen may have ordered the ...

Maya civilization once stretched across a vast ... Powerful rulersA panel carved in A.D. 795 shows the ajaw of Cancuén, Tajal Chan Ahk, together with a lower-ranking noble and a priest.

This flat stone monument, which stands on a pyramid at the Maya site of Piedras Negras in northwestern Guatemala, shows Lady K'atun-Ajaw, Namaan-Ajaw seated cross-legged on a throne. Her three ...

Courtesy of Traci Ardren and Dominique Meyer / University of Miami When Lady K’awiil Ajaw, warrior queen of the Maya city of Cobá, needed to show her strength against the growing power of ...

Like other Maya cities, Palenque was ruled by an official known as an ajaw. The position has been compared to a king, but many scholars liken it more to that of a powerful governor or lord.

King Chan Chak K’Ak’Nal Ajaw seeks a new apprentice from different tiers of society and regions inhabited by the Maya – The candidates battle it out against traditional expectations to ...

Some of these signs are consistent with Maya writing for the next 1,000 years." For example, glyph 7 is an early version of "AJAW," a symbol ubiquitously used with kings' names that means "lord ...

The inscriptions also allude to Bolón Tz'akab Ajaw, the "Lord of countless generations ... These elements connect the historical events of the Mayan civilization to its mythical past.

This flat stone monument, which stands on a pyramid at the Maya site of Piedras Negras in northwestern Guatemala, shows Lady K'atun-Ajaw, Namaan-Ajaw seated cross-legged on a throne. Her three ...

Uxmal probably reached the height of its power in the 8th and 9th centuries under a ruler researchers call Lord Chac, known also as Chan Chak K’ak’nal Ajaw (his name reflects that of the Maya ...

There, looking back at me, was K’awiil, also known as God K, the “most ubiquitous god in Classic Maya art.” Next to K’awiil was a glyph representing a lord, possibily Juun Ajaw ...