UNESCO World: Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua

Inhabited since the 2nd century A.D., Quirigua had become during the reign of Cauac Sky (723–84) the capital of an autonomous and prosperous state. The ruins of Quirigua contain ...
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Quiriguá — the same camera position, three thousand years apart. Every scene is one fixed camera position seen three times: the height of the Maya world, the same spot in 2025 as it really is today, and the same spot in 2525. The Maya never vanished. Millions live today and…

In 738 CE, Quiriguá captured and executed Copán’s king, 18 Rabbit.

The former subordinate turned one royal death into independence—and a new history carved in stone.

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[August 22, 2026 - Photo of the Day]

🇬🇹 Photo taken on November 22, 2018.

Quiriguá's monumental stelae, like this carved one, record ancient Maya history. 🗿

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Quirigua Surprise Major 🔔

Context for the TikTok being shared of the young woman ‘hiding’ Mexico’s national treasures from the English so that they won’t be stolen and taken to the British Museum — a 1938 guide to the Maudslay collection of Maya sculptures housed in the Museum:

In 810, [9.19.0.0.0] Lord Yax-Pac of Copan goes to Quirigua to celebrate the katun ending. Last date recorded at Quirigua.

In the late 1800s, explorers photographing the jungles of Guatemala captured this image of Stela K at Quiriguá, an ancient Maya city near the Motagua River.
By that time, the monument had already been standing for more than 1,200 years.

An old photo, taken by Alfred Percival Maudslay in 1894, of a man standing next to Stela K, a Maya stone monument carved in 805 CE and located near the eastern border of the Great Plaza in Quiriguá, Guatemala .

📸 1885.3.4 L Stela E cast, Quiriguá, Guatemala, Modern/Classic Maya.
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738 - Mayan ruler Uaxaclajuun Ubʼaah Kʼawii (18 Rabbit) of Copán is captured and beheaded by his former vassal Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat (Cauac Sky) ruler of the nearby city of Quiriguá.

Guatemala, 1927: En Quíriguá, Guatemala, fallece el médico y exgobernante hondureño Dr. Juan Ángel Arias Boquín.

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Quiriguá fue una importante Ciudad-Estado que durante algun tiempo fue vasalla de Cópan (actual #Honduras) hasta que en un interesante episodio de enfrentamiento y de magnicidio logra su independencia.

El sitio de Quiriguá, aunque tiene escasas construcciones monumentales, presenta un nutrido grupo de esculturas, entre ellas la Estela E que es la más alta de la América Prehispánica.

Este monolito, que se encuentra en el Parque Arqueológico Quiriguá en el Departamento de Izabal en Guatemala, está tallado en arenisca y representa al último gobernate de Quiriguá llamado Kahk' Jol Chan Yapaat.

Estela K de Quiriguá (805 d. C.)
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So we checked excavation reports from two archaeological Maya sites on the fault, Mixco Viejo and Quirigua. They describe collapsed buildings, periods of intense repairs, building reinforcements, and societal changes... This helped to narrow down the earthquake timing.
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Alerta en Quiriguá: sustancia rosada en zonas verdes estaría intoxicando perros. https://ok.me/mJqO1

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Zoomorph B at the Maya site of Quiriguá in Guatemala.
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La figura de los gobernantes mayas tenía una función política, ritual, social y discursiva fundamental. En ellos se depositaba la fuerza de los dioses.
📸K’ahk’ Tiliw Chan Yopaat. Estela C de Quiriguá, Guatemala.
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#SundayPixTrees Quirigua Archeological Park, Guatemala.

30 years later a farmer found the other half of the rock and confirmed that couple's guess: yes, the date was September 3, 32 BC!

But here's the absolutely chilling part: the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar was so damn good that we can look at that date and know it meant September 3, 32 BC.

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Day 1 of the PATA field trip led the participants to a slip rate site and a trench on the Motagua Fault. Today we will see earthquake damage to Maya ruins at Quirigua.