24th Ruler 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 ''kʼatu ...

'' of the

Maya Maya may refer to: Ethnic groups * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America ** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples ** Mayan languages, the languages of the Maya peoples * Maya (East Africa), a p ...

city of

Tikal Tikal (; ''Tik'al'' in modern Mayan orthography) is the ruin of an ancient city, which was likely to have been called Yax Mutal, found in a rainforest in Guatemala. It is one of the largest archaeological sites and urban centers of the Pre-Col ...

. He ruled around the year 645. Information about this ''ajaw'' and his predecessor

23rd Ruler 23rd Ruler was an ''ajaw'' of the Maya civilization, Maya city of Tikal. He ruled around the year 635. Information about this ''ajaw'' and his successor 24th Ruler are scarce. K'inich Muwaan Jol II is estimated to have been 23rd or 24th Ruler beca ...

are scarce. K'inich Muwaan Jol II is considered to be the best candidate for the 23rd or 24th Ruler as he might have been the father of 25th ''ajaw''

Nuun Ujol Chaak Nuun Ujol ChaakThe ruler's name, when transcribed is ?-(u)-JOL CHA:K, translated "?-headed CHAAK", Martin & Grube 2008, p.42. also known as Shield Skull and Nun Bak Chak (born before 657 – ), was an ''ajaw'' of the major Maya city of Tikal ...

.Martin & Grube 2008, p.42.

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