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1 <!doctype html> 2 <html lang="en"> 3 <head> 4 <meta charset="utf-8"> 5 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 6 <title>Palenque, Chiapas, México - Chris Bracken</title> 7 <link href="/css/site.css" rel="stylesheet"> 8 <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/favicon/apple-touch-icon.png"> 9 <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="/favicon/favicon-32x32.png"> 10 <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="/favicon/favicon-16x16.png"> 11 <link rel="manifest" href="/favicon/site.webmanifest"> 12 <link rel="mask-icon" href="/favicon/safari-pinned-tab.svg" color="#140f42"> 13 <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon/favicon.ico"> 14 <meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#603cba"> 15 <meta name="msapplication-config" content="/favicon/browserconfig.xml"> 16 <meta name="theme-color" content="#ffffff"> 17 </head> 18 <body> 19 <header id="header"> 20 <div class="site-title"> 21 <h1><a href="/">Chris Bracken</a></h1> 22 </div> 23 24 <nav class="site-navbar"> 25 <ul id="menu" class="menu"> 26 <li class="menu-item"><a class="menu-item-a" href="/">Home</a></li> 27 <li class="menu-item"><a class="menu-item-a" href="/about/">About</a></li> 28 <li class="menu-item"><a class="menu-item-a" href="/code/">Code</a></li> 29 <li class="menu-item"><a class="menu-item-a" rel="me"href="https://bsd.network/@cbracken">Fediverse</a></li> 30 </ul> 31 </nav> 32 </header> 33 <main id="main"> 34 <article> 35 <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://chris.bracken.jp/2001/12/palenque-chiapas-mexico/">Palenque, Chiapas, México</a></h2> 36 18 December 2001 37 <p>For Christmas, we decided to take a trip to the state of Chiapas, about an 8 38 hour bus ride from Mérida. Although Chiapas has been a somewhat politically 39 unstable state during the past 10 years, it is also home to some of the most 40 incredible scenery, archaeological sites and indigenous culture in the 41 country.</p> 42 <figure><img src="/post/2001-12-18-temple-of-inscriptions.jpg" 43 alt="The Mayan ruins of the Temple of the Inscriptions at Palenque towering over a courtyard surrounded by jungle. A large staircase leads up the main face of the pyramid. Rain pours down in torrents."> 44 </figure> 45 46 <p>The town of Palenque sits only a few minutes by bike, foot or bus from the 47 ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Palenque. The ruins themselves extend over a 48 huge area and are composed of many smaller groups of structures situated around 49 plazas. The most impressive of these are probably the main plaza—which is 50 surrounded by the Temple of the Inscriptions and the palace/observatory 51 tower—and the Sun Temple Plaza.</p> 52 <p>The Temple of the Inscriptions is well-known for housing the sarcophagus and 53 jade death mask of Pakal, former ruler of the city. Unfortunately, it’s no 54 longer possible to visit the inside of the Temple of the Inscriptions without a 55 research permit. In theory, that involves applications via your university and 56 submissions of your research to the government; in practice it involves 150 57 pesos to the right people.</p> 58 </article> 59 </main> 60 61 <footer id="footer"> 62 <div class="copyright"> 63 <span xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"> 64 The content of this site by 65 <a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="https://chris.bracken.jp/about"><span rel="cc:attributionName">Chris Bracken</span></a> 66 is 67 <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0">CC BY 4.0</a>. 68 </span> 69 </div> 70 </footer> 71 </body> 72 </html>