Before we went to Tenosique for the Pocho Ceremony we checked into the Hotel Maya Tulipanes in the Ecotourist Center La Canada in Palenque Town. This Hotel was of personal interest to us as it was under construction in 1992 and has used replica panels from the "Cross Group" in Palenque Ruins as part of the decor. We were in the area, traveling on our own and had just come from one our first sessions of the Texas Meetings which are held every year during spring break at the University of Texas at Austin. These meeting are attended by those who are interested in learning and advancing the study of Maya Hieroglyphics. Palenque was the emphasis of this particular session. Babu had worked on the inscriptions of the Temple of the Cross and Bibi had work on the inscriptions of the Temple of Foliated Cross. It was a real thrill to see these now familiar panels so exquisitely reproduced. The panels are still here and they are still beautiful !!
Our evening meal was held it this area the first day and culminated with a impromptu seminar on the Maya with Ricardo officiating. Everyone joined in and it was a great introduction to Palenque and what we would see the next day. We had been to the Palenque Museum earlier that day which included a reproduction of Pacal's Sarcophagus along with a video of the finding of his tomb. An Indian Jones story if there ever was one! The carving on the lid tells of Pacal entering the road(the Milky Way) on his way to the here after. (Pacal I was Palenque AHOW from 615 to 682 AD)
The last picture represents a phrase from the inscriptions that referenced the beautiful site looking over the sea of green.
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