The powerful deity Kinich Ahau is one of the Mayan Sun Gods — and fun fact, in the Maya language, the word kin means sun ☀️ ...

In 1968, while archeologists excavated a tomb within the temple, they found a large, full-rounded sculpted head of Kinich Ahau, the sun god. Weighing almost ten pounds, it was the largest Maya ...

K’inich Ahau is our Sun god and Chaac brings us rain ... at around the same time (1500 BC). Maya households buried their dead underneath the floors so they could protect the living.

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It was here that Belize's famous Jade Head, a nearly 10-pound jade carving of the Maya sun god Kinich Ahau, was discovered in 1968. Today, the artifact is referred to as "the crown jewel of Belize." ...

For more info, see the Disclosure Policy. KinIch Ahau Bonil means king of the solar countenance in Maya, referring to the king believed to be buried there. Can you climb the pyramids at El Rey?