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This clay figure was found on a tomb altar in the Maya city of Palenque. It may represent a high official of Palenque, wearing a bird mask or helmet.
Clay figurine, with a character in a seated position with legs intertwined, left hand on knee, right hand at chest level, loincloth, necklace, bracelet, and bird mask. Palenque, Chiapas (Mexico) Palenque Archaeological Site Museum, Alberto Ruz L'Huillier. Front view of a clay figurine, with a character in a seated position with legs intertwined, left hand on knee, right hand at chest level, loincloth, necklace, bracelet, and bird mask. Palenque, Chiapas (Mexico) Palenque Archaeological Site Museum, Alberto Ruz L'Huillier. Photo Credit: Bridgeman/ACI
June 3, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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A mezcal-making tableaux in Oaxaca, at Palenque Tío Lipe.
Palenque tío lipe scene
January 14, 2024 at 1:06 AM
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Palenque, Chiapas, incense burner, 600-900CE, made by great craftsmans. This piece features the idealized face of one of the Palenque rulers, above which are sacred figurines in the form of masks and fantastical birds. At the top is a delicate representation of an human figurine holding a copal bag.
July 2, 2026 at 2:04 PM
robertsnickc.bsky.social
Mayan portrait #sculpture of unknown ruler of Palenque, once part of an architectural façade (c. 5th century) #art #Mexico
July 26, 2026 at 9:28 AM
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#Sculpture, ‘Red Queen of Maya.’

Surrounded by treasure & covered in blood red dust, the Red Queen was discovered in a seventh-century Maya tomb, but her true identity remains unknown, #Palenque #Mexico #art
April 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
gwyllm.bsky.social
Palenque
June 16, 2026 at 2:22 AM
enoch2582.bsky.social
San Basilio de Palenque
March 25, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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#ShallWeDance2025
#MusicChallenge

9- Son Palenque

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September 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Raise your hand if you love hard-shell tacos!
A crunchy taco from Taco Palenque.
December 7, 2024 at 1:52 AM
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Mayan portrait head
stucco, pigments
c. 600-900 CE
Mayan culture
Palenque
Chiapas, Mexico

#handmade #portrait #head #Maya #MayanCulture #ancientart #art #sculpture #precolumbian #precolumbianart #precolumbiansculpture #palenque #chiapas #mexico #mesoamerica
This is a Maya stucco portrait head from the ancient city of Palenque in Chiapas, Mexico.It dates back to the Classic Period, approximately 600–900 CE.The highly detailed, realistic sculpture was originally part of a larger architectural structure and would have been brightly painted.These portraits often depicted elite individuals or rulers of the Maya civilization
July 26, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Palenque in Colombia healed something inside me
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September 29, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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Actually, if we are talking about Maya figurines, I also have to show some of the anthropomorphic creatures that were found in Palenque (and one I'm not sure the location of, somewhere in Yucatán). It is possible that they were associated with shamanic transformations in the animal "other selves".
Figurine of an anthropomorphized rodent, dressed with a necklace, it may be a gopher (family Geomyidae), a tepezcuintle (Cuniculus paca) or a guaqueque (Dasyprocta punctata). From 600 to 900. Regional Museum of Yucatán, Canton Palace. Anthropo-zoomorphic figurine. Palenque, Chiapas (Mexico) Palenque Archaeological Site Museum, Alberto Ruz L'Huillier. Anthropo-zoomorphic figurine. Palenque, Chiapas (Mexico) Palenque Archaeological Site Museum, Alberto Ruz L'Huillier.
June 3, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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Maize God Hun Hunahpu
carved jade
circa 250-950 CE
Mayan culture
Palenque, Mexico

The god is portrayed as a youth with a headdress representing corn stalks.

#jade #mayanculture #mesoamerica #handmade #carved #sungod #hunhunahpu #Maya #palenque #mexico #precolumbianjade #prehispanic #ancient #art
A jade pendant depicting the Maya Maize God, Hun Hunahpu, dating from the Classic period (approximately AD 250–950). The pendant is attributed to the Maya civilization, likely from Palenque, Mexico. Maize was central to Maya culture and diet; the god is portrayed as a youth with a headdress representing corn stalks. The ancient Maya revered jade as a "living stone" associated with water, breath, and regeneration. Such pendants were often worn by elites and nobles.
April 11, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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Funerary mask
for The Red Queen of Palenque
jadeite, malachite, obsidian
c. 672 CE
Mayan culture
Mexico

#handmade #oneofakind #funerarymask #redqueenofpalenque #jadite #malachite #obsidian #672CE #mayanculture #mexico #mesoamerica #precolumbian #prehispanic #art #ancientart #religion #belief #mask
This funerary mask, crafted from jadeite, malachite, and obsidian, was created for the "Red Queen" of Palenque around 672 CE. The mask was found in 1994 within Temple XIII at the Maya site of Palenque, Mexico. The noblewoman's remains and surrounding items were coated in bright red cinnabar, which symbolizes blood and life in Maya funerary rituals. It is widely believed to belong to Lady Ix Tz'akbu Ajaw, the wife of King K'inich Janaab Pakal.
June 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Mayan Jaguar Paddler God censer holder (c. 600-900, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico)
ornate ceramic censer depicting jaguar paddler god
November 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Photo roulette tonight is from
Palenque, Chiapas Mexico.
#travel #photography #Palenque
September 26, 2024 at 12:14 AM
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Heard y'all like pizza. What about quesadillas?
A picture of a pizza-like flour quesadilla from Taco Palenque.
November 26, 2024 at 9:41 PM
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Nose ornament carved from a human leg bone from Palenque, Chiapas found in the palace built by Maya ruler Pakal the Great, period 600-850CE. It was worn across the bridge of the nose by rulers and priests during ceremonies in which they embodied K’awiil, the Maya god of corn, fertility and abundance
April 13, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal Witz
LA MONTAGNE DE PAKAL
THE TEMPLE OF INCRIPTIONS
Palenque, Chiapas , Mexico
Photo par Richard Guimond © 1987
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#PhotobyRichardGuimond #photography #bluesky #colorphotography #Palenque #Mayas #pyramid #travelphotography #mesoamerica
Photo par Richard Guimond © 1987
March 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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In the early 1600s, Benkos Bioho resisted enslavement in Cartagena, Colombia & founded a maroon community that is now recognized as the oldest continuously inhabited free Black town in the Americas, San Basilio de Palenque. This beautiful community thrives today.
Color photo of a school named for Benkos Bioho in San Basilio de Palenque.
May 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekGforGold

Mayan King Pakal #Palenque #Chiapas #Mexico #Travel #Museum #Mobilephotography
February 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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More mezcal making accoutrement at Palenque Tío Lipe in Oaxaca.

Traditionally, mezcal makers used a horse or donkey to turn a stone wheel to crush the agave hearts into mash: you can also use a wood chipper.

(Here’s a bridle from what I suspect was a recently-deceased, beloved mezcal horse).
Palenque tío lipe bottles Palenque tío lipe - lasolfa mezcal en Mezcal wood chipper Bridle from deceased mezcal horse
January 14, 2024 at 1:15 AM
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Máscara mortuoria de jade del rey maya Kinich Janaab Pakal, c. 683 d. C., Palenque. (Museo Nacional de Antropología, Ciudad de México)

#Historia #Palenque #KinichJanaabPacal #Jade #ArteMaya
June 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Oh hell yes, a taco palenque that isnt in fucking gulfgate
August 11, 2026 at 1:38 AM
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Stucco relief, Palace Palenque, Chiapas, 650–700CE, during the reign of K’inich Janaab’ Pakal (Pakal the Great, ruled AD 615–683. The relief depicts an elite Maya noble or ruler, with feathered headdress with jade ornaments, indicating high rank. The hieroglyphic records the person’s name and titles
July 26, 2026 at 11:55 AM