Quiriguá

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Quiriguá is an ancient Maya archaeological site in southeastern Guatemala renowned for its exceptionally large and intricately carved stone monuments and stelae.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Quiriguá canonical 16
Quiriguá region 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya archaeological site ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
associatedRiver Motagua River ⓘ
country Guatemala ⓘ
culture Maya civilization ⓘ
discoveryByArchaeology 19th century ⓘ
excavatedBy Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ
excavationStart 1910s ⓘ
governingDynasty local Maya dynasty ⓘ
hasFeature Acropolis ⓘ
Great Plaza ⓘ
ballcourt ⓘ
hasMonument Stela D ⓘ
Stela E ⓘ
Stela F ⓘ
Stela J ⓘ
Zoomorph G ⓘ
Zoomorph P ⓘ
hasProtectionStatus national archaeological park ⓘ
hasTallestStela Stela E ⓘ
inscriptionsRecord accession of rulers ⓘ
calendar dates in Long Count ⓘ
dynastic history ⓘ
wars with Copán ⓘ
knownFor hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ
intricately carved stelae ⓘ
large stone monuments ⓘ
zoomorphs ⓘ
locatedIn Izabal Department ⓘ
Motagua River valley ⓘ
linked to: Motagua River

southeastern Guatemala ⓘ
locatedOn north bank of the Motagua River ⓘ
mainPeriodOfFlourishing 8th century ⓘ
Late Classic period ⓘ
management Guatemalan Institute of Anthropology and History ⓘ
materialUsed sandstone ⓘ
notableRuler Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat ⓘ
partOf southern Maya lowlands ⓘ
linked to: Maya lowlands
politicalStatus independent Maya city-state ⓘ
region eastern Maya area ⓘ
rivalCity Copán ⓘ
scriptUsed Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
tallestStelaHeight approximately 10.6 metres ⓘ
tallestStelaWeight over 60 tonnes ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism destination ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(ii) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1981 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Latin America and the Caribbean ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maya stelae → foundAt → Quiriguá ⓘ
Maya civilization → hadMajorCity → Quiriguá ⓘ
subject linked to: Maya
18-Rabbit → deathPlace → Quiriguá region ⓘ
linked to: Quiriguá
Uaxaclajuun Ubʼaah Kʼawiil → deathPlace → Quiriguá region ⓘ
linked to: Quiriguá
Maya lowlands → contains → Quiriguá ⓘ
Maya calendar → notableSite → Quiriguá ⓘ
Maya city-states → includesExample → Quiriguá ⓘ
subject linked to: Maya city‑states
18-Rabbit → deathPlace → Quiriguá region ⓘ
linked to: Quiriguá
18-Rabbit → conflictWith → Quiriguá ⓘ
Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat → reignOver → Quiriguá ⓘ
Alfred P. Maudslay → conductedFieldworkAt → Quiriguá ⓘ
subject linked to: Maudslay
Maya area → hasMajorSite → Quiriguá ⓘ