Mayan ruin site

Usage examples of palenque.

Temple of the Foliated Cross at Palenque and the lizard form is clearly seen in the eyebrow and the upper jaw.

Temple of the Cross at Palenque shows a crested heron standing on one foot and holding in its bill a fish.

Waldeck found near Palenque two pyramids in a state of perfect preservation, square at the base, pointed at the top, and thirty-one feet high, their sides forming equilateral triangles.

Death stood between us, I jumped to the conclusion that it was on me of an older generation that his hand would fall, on me who was about to undertake a journey which I guessed to be dangerous, including as it did a visit to the ruins of Palenque, whither at the time few travellers ventured.

The original arrangement was that we were to have travelled to the marvellous ruins of Palenque, which were built by some pre-Aztec race.

Humboldt has placed it on the northwest coast, Cabrera at Palenque, Clavigero north of Anahuac, etc.

Bird-Serpent, and his rebus and cross at Palenque, I have already explained.

Doubtless he has adapted them somewhat to proselytizing purposes, but they seem very likely to be close copies of authentic aboriginal songs, referring to the return of Zamna or Kukulcan, lord of the dawn and the four winds, worshipped at Cozumel and Palenque under the sign of the cross.

Brasseur to make of Xibalba an ancient kingdom of renown with Palenque as its capital, is so utterly unsupported and wildly hypothetical, as to justify the humorous flings which have so often been cast at antiquaries.

She had once told Cayetano that she would like to take refuge with him in San Basilio de Palenque, a settlement of fugitive slaves twelve leagues from here, where she was sure to be received like a queen.

By the time she discovered that they were fleeing in droves to San Basilio de Palenque to escape her insatiable craving, it was too late.

On his arrival Richard was literally set upon by Meeta and Palenque who playfully and repeatedly dunked him.

By the time Michael arrived and engaged in similar activities with Mura, since Sart and Palenque had swum to the far end of the pool, Richard was content to languish in a place where he and Meeta could sit with their heads above the surface.

Suzanne was walking with Garona, Perry with Luna, Richard with Meeta, Palenque, and Karena, and Michael with Mura and Sart.

Everyone looked at each other quizzically, but before anyone could speak, the door opened and in walked Mura, Meeta, Palenque, and Karena.