Dark Sun (Maya ruler)
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Dark SunThe ruler's name, when transcribed is tz'a?-no?-CH'E:N?-na, Martin & Grube 2008, p. 52. ( fl. 810), was an ''
ajaw Ajaw or Ahau ('Lord') is a pre-Columbian Maya civilization, Maya political title attested from epigraphy, epigraphic inscriptions. It is also the name of the 20th day of the ''tzolkʼin'', the Maya divinatory calendar, on which a ruler's ''kʼat ...
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. He ruled 810 and was probably the son of Nuun Ujol K'inich. The monuments associated with Dark Sun are: Stela 24; Altar 7; Temple 3 Lintel 2?.Martin & Grube 2008, p.52.


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* Monarchs of Tikal 9th century in the Maya civilization 9th-century monarchs in North America 9th century in Guatemala {{Mesoamerica-stub