The Great Ones · Mesoamerica

Pacal the Great

603–683

Maya king of Palenque, builder of its great temple-tomb.

Pacal the Great (603–683) endures among the great of Mesoamerica. Maya king of Palenque, builder of its great temple-tomb.

Across the medieval age, this life and its works passed into the shared inheritance of humankind — kept here so the memory is never lost.

Honored among the Great Ones of every civilization. Africa is the cradle of humankind; in the deepest sense, these are everyone’s ancestors — and so this name is kept, from the cradle of humanity to all its children.

Submitted with honor.

Submitted by the Honored Ancestors Editorial Committee.