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For #PalacesAndGardens theme #PompAndPatterns. The Maya Queen K’ab’al Xook from Yaxchilán (seated) wears a huipil blouse whose patterns are still used among modern Maya weavers today. #Mexico #Maya #Mesoamerica #Yaxchilan #history #heritage #weaving #handwoven
This image shows Yaxchilan Lintel 24, a Classic Maya limestone relief carving created around 723–726 AD that depicts a royal bloodletting ceremony. King Itzamnaaj Bahlam III (also known as Shield Jaguar II) holds a burning torch, while his primary wife, Queen Lady K’ab’al Xook, kneels before him. Maya Huipil, a traditional hand-woven tunic from the Tzeltal Maya community of Tenejapa, Chiapas, Mexico. The top portion of the garment is heavily adorned with intricate, geometric brocade weaving. It features rows of black diamond shapes enclosing vibrant red fills. Tiny accents of bright yellow, neon blue, and pink are meticulously stitched inside and around the diamonds.
September 17, 2026 at 12:18 PM
almamexi.bsky.social
In 709, [9.13.17.12.10] Prince Bird-Jaguar, the son of Lord Shield-Jaguar of Yaxchilan, is born.
August 21, 2026 at 4:22 PM
almamexi.bsky.social
In 320, [8.14.2.17.6] Yat-Balam of Yaxchilan accedes to the throne and founds the lineage.
July 30, 2026 at 4:22 PM
paintingmoreorcs.bsky.social
Quote with your bloody art!

Lady Xoc of Yaxchilan performing a bloodletting ritual, drawing a thorn-studded cotton rope through a hole pierced in her tongue.
28mm miniature of a Maya noblewoman in a blue dress and red-brown robe with white trim. She wears an elaborate blue and gold headdress surmounted by quetzal feathers, and has white makeup painted across the upper half of her face. She has pierced her tongue and is drawing a bloody rope through the hole.
July 27, 2026 at 3:43 PM
igallupd.bsky.social
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:
Cover of the British Museum Guide to the Maudslay Collection — this is an austere blue cover. Title page of the GUide, showing the extent of the Collection, with sculptures from Tikal and Quirigua (Guatemala), Copan (Honduras), and Palenque and Yaxchilan (Mexico).
July 5, 2026 at 2:35 PM
libretanegramx.bsky.social
Está es la historia de una de las piezas arqueológicas mexicanas que están en el British Museum…

Culto hacia los antepasados en Yaxchilan, Chiapas #ArqueoVisuales

YouTube: youtu.be/t5GoQTLBjgc

#CultivamosMemorias
July 4, 2026 at 1:41 PM
historyroyalwmn.bsky.social
NEW: Lady Ik’ Skull (also known as Lady Eveningstar) has been considered one of the most influential Mayan queens. She was the secondary wife of King Itzamnaaj B’ahlam III of Yaxchilan.
Lady Ik' Skull - The possible Mayan Queen regent of Yaxchilan - History of Royal Women
Lady Ik’ Skull (also known as Lady Eveningstar) has been considered one of the most influential Mayan queens. She was the secondary wife of King Itzamnaaj B’ahlam III of Yaxchilan.[2] She has been lar...
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June 22, 2026 at 6:38 AM
almamexi.bsky.social
In 736, [9.15.4.16.11] Lord Shield-Jaguar of Yaxchilan enacts a flapstaff event.
June 21, 2026 at 4:27 PM
almamexi.bsky.social
In 741, [9.15.9.17.16] Lord Shield-Jaguar of Yaxchilan enacts a flapstaff event with his son, Bird-Jaguar.
June 20, 2026 at 4:25 PM
almamexi.bsky.social
In 747, [9.15.16.1.6] Bird-Jaguar of Yaxchilan enacts his own flapstaff ritual.
June 19, 2026 at 4:25 PM
almamexi.bsky.social
In 768, [9.16.17.6.12] Lord Bird-Jaguar of Yaxchilan celebrates a flapstaff event with his brother Great-Skull-Zero.
June 14, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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Me in the jungle at Yaxchilan, across the Ucimacinta River from Guatemala, 2006
June 13, 2026 at 4:42 PM
almamexi.bsky.social
In 742, [9.15.10.17.14] Lord Shield-Jaguar of Yaxchilan dies.
June 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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Lords from the cities of Yaxchilán, Bonampak and Lacanhá appear before the ruler of Piedras Negras, Petén, Guatemala. He wears the ko’haw, the “Teotihuacan War Helmet,” associated with military power and dynastic authority. This scene represents political subordination, Usumacinta region, 600CE.
June 1, 2026 at 5:38 AM
almamexi.bsky.social
In 746, [9.15.15.0.0] Bird-Jaguar of Yaxchilan celebrates the period ending of the calendar in his father's name.
May 29, 2026 at 4:22 PM
bigtent.bsky.social
On a one-hour trip down the Ucimacinta River to Yaxchilan.

#lancha #rivertrip #maya #ruins #mexico #photography
May 27, 2026 at 3:21 AM
davidmiano.bsky.social
[NEW VIDEO] In my recent trip to Mexico, probably my favorite site was Yaxchilan, a city that hardly gets visited, because it is not easy to get to. But boy, was it worth the effort! Give this video a watch and let me know what you think! => youtu.be/-Upqi5J3Cno
May 21, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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Presentation of Captives to a Maya Ruler, c. A.D. 785 bas-relief
limestone with traces of paint
c. 785 CE
Maya culture
Mexico

#handmade #limestone #pigment #sculpture #basrelief #art #mayanart #mesoamerica #mayaculture #ancientart #precolumbian #political #domination #defeat #mexico #ancientmexico
This carved relief probably served as a wall panel inside a Maya building or as a lintel over an entrance. It depicts the presentation of captives in a palace throne room, indicated by swag curtains at the top of the panel. The five figures are the Yaxchilan king, seated at top left, his sahal (a military chief) on the right, and three bound captives in the lower left. The glyphic text, which gives a date of 23 August 783, records the capture of a lord and a sacrificial bloodletting three days later under the auspices of the king. The three prisoners may be scribes; the one in front holds a “stick-bundle” associated with Maya scribes, and all three wear headdresses with hun (book) knots. All figures but the leftmost captive are identified by name. The inscription on the throne front, of special interest, is carved with the king’s name and titles; the glyphs are inscribed in reverse order, from right to left. The name of the artist responsible for sculpting the relief appears on the vertical panel of four glyphs under the sahal’s outstretched arm. Signed works of Maya art are rare, and the signature on this relief suggests that it was considered of great value in its time.
May 21, 2026 at 12:03 PM
lestatdelc.bsky.social
An image from the British museum showed up on my Facebook timeline earlier today and it literally made me do a double-take. I used an image of this piece as a Mayan bas relief reference for a painting I did way back in the early 80s, which is actually hanging in my living room.
Maya Limestone Yaxchilán Lintel 24. Records a bloodletting ritual that took place on October 28, 709 AD. Shield Jaguar holds a torch while his consort, Lady Xoc, pulls a rope studded with what are now believed to be obsidian shards through her tongue in order to conjure a vision serpent. Itzamnaaj B'alam II was a Maya king who ruled in Yaxchilan from 681 until he died in 742. He is also called Shield Jaguar II by modern writers and commonly referred to simply as Shield Jaguar based on his name glyph before the phonetic name was deciphered. One of Itzamnaaj B'alam's greatest accomplishments was the construction of what is now called Temple 23. At Temple 23, Lady Xoc is shown performing a bloodletting ritual for three different occasions: his accession to the throne, the birth of his son and heir Yaxun B'alam, and the dedication of Temple 23. Lady Xoc is one of the most prominent and probably politically powerful women in the Maya civilization.
May 10, 2026 at 11:25 PM
onthisdaybot.bsky.social
752 – Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne.

1972 – Steve Barclay, English lawyer and politician, born

1793 – Martin Gerbert, German historian and theologian (born 1720), died

Data from zenquotes.io #history
May 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
atticusfinch-105.bsky.social
3 May 752

Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan becomes king of the Mayans in what today is Chiapas, Mexico.

He was Yaxchilan's most famous ancient ruler.

His reign marked a dramatic cultural peak, transforming Yaxchilan into a dominant power along the Usumacinta River

#History #HistoryMatters
May 3, 2026 at 12:36 PM
historyrewound.bsky.social
📅 On this day in 752:

Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne.

#May03 #OnThisDay
Historical event image
May 3, 2026 at 12:00 AM
almamexi.bsky.social
In 752, [9.16.1.0.0] Lord Bird-Jaguar of Yaxchilan accedes to the throne in a nine-day-long ritual that ends with the dedication of Temple 22.
April 27, 2026 at 4:25 PM
terrarkeo.bsky.social
🚨C’est extraordinaire, l’Autriche 🇦🇹 vient de restituer au Mexique 🇲🇽 un linteau du célèbre site maya de Yaxchilán, qui avait été extrait illégalement il y a des décennies de celà⌛.
Ce type de restitution reste encore rare, mais il montre que les lignes bougent lentement, mais sûrement.
April 18, 2026 at 6:12 AM
almamexi.bsky.social
In 756, [9.16.5.0.0] Lord Bird-Jaguar of Yaxchilan celebrates his first period ending in three different ceremonies: one with a cahal in attendance; a second with his wife; and a third with her patriarch and his son, Chel-Te.
April 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM