Mexico’s Anthropology Specialists Identify Name of Maya Ruler

MEXICO CITY.- The name of a Maya ruler that did not appear in the dynastic line of the ancient city of Tonina was recently identified by specialists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) based on hieroglyphs found on a sculptural fragment. This is the fourteenth ruler registered in the city that was enemy of Palenque. Epigraphist Carlos Pallan Gayol, director of the INAH Maya Hieroglyphic and Iconographic Heap (AJIMAYA) explained that the fragment of stone contains inscriptions that read the name K’awiil, seignior of Po’, as the ancient city of Tonina was originally denominated, word that may mean “white” in the ancient Zoque-Mixteca language. Recent monument research and registration work at Tonina Archaeological Zone, Chiapas, allowed detecting the name (partially damaged) of a ruler that has as main emblem the head of the lightning deity, named K’awiil, followed by another s

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