Stelae Building

Fifteen stelae were found on this platform, and Stela 14, now in the museum, is especially notable because it bears the image of the only ruler of Uxmal identified so far, ChahkK’ahk’nalAjaw Chan, who led Uxmal to the height of its glory and ruled during the second half of the ninth century and the first decade of the tenth century A.D., about 850 to 915 A.D. Its iconographic program recalls Classical period tradition, showing the ruler on a two-headed jaguar throne like the one in the Governor’s Palace, with two naked captives at his feet.

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