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unusual facts about B'alaj Chan K'awiil


B'alaj Chan K'awiil

Mystery cloaks the circumstances under which B'alaj Chan K'awiil became the first known ruler of a previously uninhabited site in the Petexbatún.


Jasaw Chan K'awiil

Jasaw Chan K'awiil I (reigned 682-734 CE), ruler of the Maya city-state of Tikal identified as 26th in dynastic line from the founder, brought about a resurgence in Tikal's political fortunes

Jasaw Chan K'awiil II (fl. 869 CE), last-known ruler of the Maya city-state of Tikal, identifiable from extant inscriptions

Wamaw K'awiil

A small panel in a private collection names the king, accords him the Snake emblem glyph, and depicts him playing ball with the king of Hix Witz — suggesting that Calakmul retained at least part of its network of subordinate sites in the years after the second Tikal defeat of c.


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