The Maya believed these rulers had to keep the gods happy. Pakal ruled for 68 years from 615-683 AD, the fifth longest of any monarch in history. During his reign Pakal made palaces bigger and ...

David Freidel, a Maya specialist from Southern Methodist University, says the tomb contains Pakal's sarcophagus, upon which is etched the image of "a handsome youth, the maize god, preparing to ...