🧿 Santa Elena Poco Uinic

Mexico · Americas · 16.59°N, 91.74°W

Santa Elena Poco Uinic is a Classic Maya site in Chiapas, Mexico. It contains Stela 3, that has the date 9.17.19.13.16 5 K'ib' 14 Ch'en and a glyph that indicates an eclipse. An eclipse was recorded as occurring on July 16, 790 CE O.S., so this find has frequently been proposed as a way to establish a correlation between the Maya Calendar and the Julian Calendar.

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Country	Mexico
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	16.59°N, 91.74°W · view on map

Santa Elena Poco Uinic is located in Mexico, in Americas.

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