Palenque Eternal City of the Maya

Name: Palenque Eternal City of the Maya
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ISBN: 9780500051566

ISBN-10: 0500051569

ISBN-13: 9780500051566

Edition: 2008

Authors: David Stuart, George Stuart

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The story of the city's rediscovery, deep in the forest-clad mountains of southeastern Mexico, told with panache by two leading Maya scholars. Sunday, June 15, 1952. Having spent four years clearing a secret passage inside Palenque's Temple of the Inscriptions, Mexican archaeologist Alberto Ruz gazed into a vaulted chamber. There, beneath a gigantic carved stone block, he would make a spectacular discovery: the intact burial of King Pakal, complete with jade jewelry and an exquisite burial mask. Pakal was one of the greatest ancient rulers and the most prominent among a long line of monarchs who held sway at Palenque from AD 300 to 800. This "queen of Maya cities," as Palenque has been…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication date: 11/24/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.60" wide x 9.50" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English

David Stuart is Associate Director of the Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions Project, Peabody Museum, Harvard University & coauthor of "Classic Maya Place Names".

George Stuart is founding president of the Center for Maya Research in North Carolina and the former Staff Archaeologist of the National Geographic Society.



Preface



Palenque and its World



An Ancient City Discovered



Visitors Spread the Word



Archaeology Comes to Palenque



The Early Lords



The King of Kings



The House of Resurrection



Gods and Rulers



A City Fades Away


Epilogue


Summary Histories of the Rulers of Palenque


The Palenque Dynasty


Notes


Further Reading


Acknowledgments


Sources of Illustrations


Index