Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal

<p>Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I , also known as Pacal or Pacal the Great (March 24, 603 – August 29, 683), was <i><a href="/facts/Ajaw/pdErE0R6">ajaw</a></i> of the <a href="/facts/Maya_civilization/JMynpRSR">Maya</a> city-state of <a href="/facts/Palenque/BHIWHkHp">Palenque</a> in the Late Classic period of <a href="/facts/Pre-Columbian/0Ntjleee">pre-Columbian</a> <a href="/facts/Mesoamerican_chronology/8xNnpP70">Mesoamerican chronology</a>. He acceded to the throne in July 615 and ruled until his death. Pakal reigned 68 years—the <a href="/facts/List_of_longest-reigning_monarchs/E4UdwkUv">fifth-longest verified regnal period</a> of any sovereign monarch in history, the longest in world history for more than a millennium, and the second-longest reign of any monarch in the history of <a href="/facts/The_Americas/hEuUTL4K">the Americas</a>. During his long rule, Pakal was responsible for the construction or extension of some of Palenque's most notable surviving inscriptions and monumental architecture. He is perhaps best known in popular culture for his depiction on the carved lid of his <a href="/facts/Sarcophagus/7gt0eaA9">sarcophagus</a>, which has become the subject of <a href="/facts/Pseudoarchaeological/M1jpxztJ">pseudoarchaeological</a> speculations.
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Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal open-in-new

Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal