The solstices brought Mayan communities together using monuments shaped by science and religion, as well as ambitions for kingship
K’ahk’ Uti’ Witz’ K’awiil knew his past. The Mayan ruler’s dynasty ruled Copan, a city-state near the border of present-day Honduras and Guatemala, for 11 generations. From the fifth to the seventh centuries AD, scribes transcribed the genealogies of their ancestors into manuscripts and engraved them on stone monuments throughout the city. Around 650, a… Read More »