My site is Palenque, Mexico, and the great majority of the artefacts of that 'city of inscriptions' are simply no longer there. |
The reader will notice that in this monument the corbel vault is more convex, and recalls that of a ruinous palace at Palenque. |
But who will translate the inscriptions at Copan and Palenque? |
The approach to the magnificent ruins of this great and ancient city was made by Del Rio from the village of Palenque. |
In this outline we have given an account of the early explorations at Palenque. |
Many sites erected stelae, but Palenque instead developed finely sculpted panelling to decorate its buildings. |