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Pre-Columbian Art. Maya. Archaeological Site of Copa_n. Altar Q. West side. It was created during the rule of King Yax Pac in 776. There are depicted sixteen leaders of Copan, shown with a full body portrait, four on each side of the monument. Each ruler is seated on a glyph that represents his name. This scene depicts to Yax Pasah, the last ruler of Copan, receiving the torch from the founder of the dynasty, Yax Kuk Mo. Honduras.

Pre-Columbian Art. Maya. Archaeological Site of Copa_n. Altar Q. West side. It was created during the rule of King Yax Pac in 776. There are depicted sixteen leaders of Copan, shown with a full body portrait, four on each side of the monument. Each ruler is seated on a glyph that represents his name. This scene depicts to Yax Pasah, the last ruler of Copan, receiving the torch from the founder of the dynasty, Yax Kuk Mo. Honduras.
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Pre-Columbian Art. Maya. Archaeological Site of Copa_n. Altar Q. West side. It was created during the rule of King Yax Pac in 776. There are depicted sixteen leaders of Copan, shown with a full body portrait, four on each side of the monument. Each ruler is seated on a glyph that represents his name. This scene depicts to Yax Pasah, the last ruler of Copan, receiving the torch from the founder of the dynasty, Yax Kuk Mo. Honduras.
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8TH CENTURY ALTAR Q ALTAR AMERICA AMERICAN INDIANS: MAYA AMERICAN AMERICANS AMERICAS ANCIENT AGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHAEOLOGY: EXCAVATION ARCHEOLOGICAL ARCHEOLOGY ART ARTS BAS-RELIEF BLOCK CENTRAL AMERICA CENTRAL AMERICAN CENTRAL CENTROAMERICA CITY CIVILISATION CIVILIZACION CIVILIZATION CLASSIC DYNASTY COPAN COMPARTMENT COPAN COUNTRY COUPE COURSE CROP CROPS CULT, MAYA CULTIVATION CULTURAL CULTURE CULTURES DEPARTMENT DONATION EDUCATION EIGHTH CENTURY EMBOSSED EXCAVATION (ARCHAEOLOGY) EXCAVATION, ARCHAEOLOGY EXCAVATIONS FIRST KING FIRST RULER FLAMBEAU GIFT HARVEST HARVESTING HISTORIA UNIVERSAL HISTORIA HISTORY HONDURAS K'INICH YAX K'UK' MO' KING LAST KING LAST RULER LATIN AMERICA LATIN AMERICAN LATINOAMERICA LEADER LEADING LEFTOVERS LEGEND MAYA CULTURE MAYA MAYAN MAYAS MESOAMERICA MESOAMERICAN NORTH AMERICA NORTH AMERICAN PERIOD PORTRAIT POTRAIT PRE-COLUMBIAN PRE-HISPANIC PRECOLUMBIAN PRESENT (GIFT) PRESENT PUEBLO RELIEF RELIEFS RELIEVE REMAINS RINGLEADER ROCK ROCKY RULER (POLITICAL) RULER RULERS SCENE SCULPTED SCULPTING SCULPTURAL SCULPTURE SCULPTURE. SEATED SIEGE SIT SITE SITS SITTING SOUTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICAN SOVEREIGN (RULER) SOVEREIGN STONE STONES SUDAMERICA TORCH TOWN URBE VILLAGE WEST SIDE YAS PAHSAJ CHAN YOPAAT YAX KUK MO YAX PAC YAX PASAH