K’inich Ajaw, rises in line with the pyramid’s northeast corner. It then sets in line with the pyramid’s western staircase and the nondescript Holtún well. The Maya, to calibrate their ...

These three chefs complete for the ultimate Maya privilege: the opportunity to cook for King Chan Chak K’Ak’Nal Ajaw. Who will impress the judges with their imaginative use of ingredients and ...

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 ...

Known by the ancient Maya people as Lakamha ... with identifying the body as that of Pakal’s wife, Ix Tz’akb’u Ajaw, who came to Palenque from a nearby city to marry Pakal in the year ...

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 ...