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Partially excavated places tagged “palenque”

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🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder

Pomoná

Maya Late Classic 600–900 CE · Maya (Pomoná Pacbul?)

Hill-terraced Maya port with Palenque war record, 600–900 CE.

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🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city

Palenque

Late Classic 226 BCE–800 CE (apogee 615–800 CE Early–Late Classic) · Maya (B'aakal / Palenque dynasty; Western Maya lowlands)

Maya Classic capital of B'aakal on Chiapas foothills with low jungle: Temple of Inscriptions (22 m pyramid with 69-step Hieroglyphic Stair recording dynastic history and Pakal's vault; Pakal the…