 Palenque Mayan photo copyrighted by: Luis Dumois This ancient Maya site is located at the western frontier of the lowland Maya region. While the name Palenque comes from a nearby village, it is possible that the village was named after the ancient city or something similar sounding - bahlam kin - jaguar sun - the place where the sun descends into the underworld, the realm of the jaguar.
Find more Palenque images in the Mexico gallery of Photorena.
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