Museum Details


Name:Zona Arqueológica de Palenque, INAH
Street Address:Domicilio Conocido, Z. A. de Palenque
City:Palenque
State:Chiapas
Country:México
Zipcode:
Telephone:916-348-3406, 916-348-9823
Fax:
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.
Size:
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