23/09/2025
🔘Stela K🔘
•Located at Quirigua, a Mayan archaeological site, in Izabal, Guatemala.
•Stela K is one of the last monuments erected at Quiriguá before the city's decline.
•The approximately 4 m stela dates back to 805 CE.
•Stela K is a portrait of "Jade Sky," also known as "Cauac Sky," the last known ruler of this archaeological site.
•The carving depicts a male figure wearing a tall, two-part headdress adorned with two anthropomorphic masks, square earmuffs, and a suit with various anthropomorphic and geometric motifs. In one hand, he holds a staff..
•The Archaeological site and ruins of Quirigua is recognized by UNESCO as containing 17 Mayan monuments that were carved between 426 CE and 810 CE.
•The monuments are all carved, depicting images of rulers, animal images, texts, as well as mythological, historical, and political events.
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