Chan Imix Kʼawiil
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Chan Imix Kʼawiil was the twelfth ruler of the Maya city state Copán. His nickname was Smoke Jaguar.
Chan Imix K'awiil's portrait on Stela 1
Kʼakʼ Chan Yopaat
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Kʼakʼ Chan Yopaat was the eleventh dynastic ruler at Copán. He was crowned as king in AD 578, 24 days after the death of Tzi-Bʼalam. At the time of his rule Copán was undergoing an unprecedented rise
Chan Imix Kʼawiil
…been born on 14 November 604 CE and to have become king at the age of 23 on 8 February 628. He was crowned on 21 February, 16 days after the death of Kʼakʼ Chan Yopaat. Archaeologists have recovered little evidence of activity for the first 26 years of his reign, but in 652 CE there was a sudden rise in monument…
Kʼakʼ Chan Yopaat's portrait on Stela P