on their name glyphs. When we can read those names we can actually read the names of ancient Maya kings. The 16th king's name is Yax Pahsaj Chan Yopaat. NARRATOR: The Sky is Newly Revealed.

Their strongest guess is that it may have been King Te’ Chan Ahk, whose name has been documented ... Death did not mean the end of life for Maya religious and political leaders.

It is one of the longest Mayan texts ever found ... 629 by Tikal and the installation there of Balaj Chan K'awiil, then only 4 years old, as king-to-be. Tikal is about 70 miles northeast of ...

Archaeologists digging under a Maya palace in Guatemala say they have ... but Freidel and his colleagues suspect he could be King Te' Chan Ahk, a known Wak dynasty king who ruled during the ...

Indeed, the events may have helped set the Mayan ... king of Dos Pilas," he says. "We thought that, at most, they may have had a weak alliance." The alliance proved anything but weak. Balaj Chan ...

Tomb of Hasaw Chan K’awil, a mighty king, who freed our city from its enemies! Maya society was very complex. There were hundreds of cities. Different classes including: commoners, a middle ...