Museum Details |
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Name: | Zona Arqueológica de Palenque, INAH |
Street Address: | Domicilio Conocido, Z. A. de Palenque |
City: | Palenque |
State: | Chiapas |
Country: | México |
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Telephone: | 916-348-3406, 916-348-9823 |
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Email: | administracion.zap.chis@inah.gob.mx |
Website: | http://www.inah.gob.mx/index_.html |
Staff Contacts: | Contact: Francisco Lastra Bastar |
Quality of Online Info: | In Spanish; Website includes the significance, description, and history of the site, as well as links to other sites. |
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Focus: | Architectural structures include the Temple of Inscriptions, the Palace complex, the Great Plaza, and residential complex; Temple of Inscriptions: a burial chamber and a sarcophagus of the ruler, K’inich Janaab Pakal; Nearly 200 hieroglyphic texts |
Source: | Grube, Nikolai, ed. Maya: Divine Kings of the Rain Forest. Cologne: Konemann, 2000. 447.
http://www.inah.gob.mx/index_.html |