Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua

World Heritage

Guatemala

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Inhabited since the 2nd century AD, Quiriguá became the capital of an autonomous and prosperous state during the reign of Cauac Sky (723-84). The Quiriguá ruins contain some outstanding 8th-century monuments and an impressive series of stelae and carved calendars, which are important sources for the study of Mayan civilization.

# Mayan civilization

# 8th century monument

# Stone tablet

# Engraving Calendar

# Autonomous country

Stela D, north side, from Quiriguá, representing king K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat[1]

View of the acropolis across the Ballcourt Plaza

Stela D – North face

Stela C, south face, representing K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat[41]

The location of Quiriguá on the Motagua River, with relation to sources of jade

Detail from Zoomorph B, dedicated in 780 by K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat

Altar M, dating to 734. It has been identified variously as feline, a crocodile, and a snake. It may...

The southern Maya area, showing the locations of Quiriguá and Copán

Elaborate full-figure hieroglyphs on the west side of Quiriguá Stela D[100]

The Great Plaza of Quiriguá, originally laid out by K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat; view is from the acropo...

Stela from Quiriguá depicting a queen trampling a captive, ca 653, MUNAE, Guatemala City

Zoomorph B – photo by Maudslay

The badly eroded east face of Stela H[56]

The Great Plaza of Quiriguá, originally laid out by K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat view is from the acropo...

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Information extracted from Wikidata

office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/017tjr
Commons category	Quirigua
coordinate location	Point(-89.040277777 15.269444444)
topic's main category	Category:Quiriguá
World Heritage criteria	Larousse Encyclopedia online
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (ii)
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (i)
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Escultura%20de%20Quirigu%C3%A1.jpg
executive body	Quirigua
IPA transcription	2066681

start time	1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	منتزه كيريغوا الأثري وآثارها
official name	Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua
official name	Parque arqueológico y ruinas de Quiriguá
official name	Parc archéologique et ruines de Quirigua
official name	キリグアの遺跡公園と遺跡群
official name	Archeologisch park en ruïnes van Quirigua
official name	Археологический парк и руины Киригуа
official name	基里瓜考古公园和玛雅文化遗址
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (i)
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (ii)
volume as quantity	Larousse Encyclopedia online