Person

Ukit Kan Le'k Tok'

d. c. 801 · 8th century

Ukit Kan Le'k Tok' was a Maya king of Ek' Balam in north-eastern Yucatán who took power in 770 and made the city the capital of a regional kingdom, Talol. He died around 801 and was buried in the great Acropolis, in a tomb behind a stucco facade shaped as the jaws of a monster and decorated with winged figures, among the best-preserved Maya stucco work.

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Ek' Balam
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ukit Kan Le'k Tok'. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ukit-kan-lek-tok
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