Palenque
a village in SE Mexico, in Chiapas state: ruins of an ancient Mayan city.
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With me is David Graff, a German journalist and guide at Palenque Tours in Colombia, who is acting as my translator.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens | Jeff Campagna | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe estancia itself consisted of a group of ranchos, in front of which two ombues shaded the Palenque, where horses were tied.
Ponce de Leon | William PillingSome attempts have been made to decipher the meaning of the Palenque tablets, considering the three pieces as a whole.
Mexico | Susan HaleWe may say, then, that in Palenque every Maya baby below ten months of age was sacral spotted, and that no Mestizo baby was.
In Indian Mexico (1908) | Frederick StarrStudents of architecture find a rudimentary form of the arch occurring in some of the ruins, notably at Palenque.
The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West | Robert E. Anderson
Many of the sculptures in Copan and Palenque to which we have referred contain pictographs and hieroglyphs.
The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West | Robert E. Anderson
British Dictionary definitions for Palenque
/ (Spanish paˈleŋke) /
the site of an ancient Mayan city in S Mexico famous for its architectural ruins
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