Bonampak

E168145

Maya archaeological site ancient city

Bonampak is an ancient Maya archaeological site in Chiapas, Mexico, renowned for its remarkably well-preserved murals depicting courtly life, warfare, and ritual.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Bonampak canonical	8
Bonampak Archaeological Zone	1
Bonampak archaeological site	1
Bonampak archaeological zone	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Maya archaeological site ⓘ ancient city ⓘ
access	reachable via Lacanjá Chansayab ⓘ
administratedBy	Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia ⓘ surface form: INAH (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia)
alternateName	Bonampak ⓘ surface form: Bonampak Archaeological Zone
artStyle	Maya mural painting ⓘ
chronologicalPhase	Late Classic period ⓘ surface form: Late Classic Maya
civilization	Maya civilization ⓘ
conservationIssues	humidity damage to murals ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus	protected archaeological zone of Mexico ⓘ
depicts	Maya royal court ceremonies ⓘ battle scenes ⓘ captives and sacrifice ⓘ musicians and dancers ⓘ
discoveredBy	non-Maya world in 1946 ⓘ
firstReportedBy	Giles Healey ⓘ
floruit	8th century CE ⓘ
governingPolity	Yaxchilán ⓘ
hasIconography	Maya deities ⓘ Maya royal regalia ⓘ bloodletting rituals ⓘ war captives ⓘ
hasPart	Structure 1 ⓘ Structure 2 ⓘ Structure 3 ⓘ
hasRoom	Room 1 of Temple of the Murals ⓘ Room 2 of Temple of the Murals ⓘ Room 3 of Temple of the Murals ⓘ
hasStructure	Temple of the Murals ⓘ
knownFor	murals depicting courtly life ⓘ murals depicting ritual ⓘ murals depicting warfare ⓘ well-preserved murals ⓘ
languageGroup	Mayan languages ⓘ
locatedIn	Chiapas ⓘ Lacandon Jungle ⓘ Usumacinta River region ⓘ
material	limestone architecture ⓘ
muralsDateTo	circa 790 CE ⓘ
nearbySite	Yaxchilán ⓘ
politicalStatus	vassal city ⓘ
region	Maya lowlands ⓘ surface form: Maya Lowlands
state	State of Chiapas ⓘ
timePeriod	Late Classic period ⓘ
tourism	open to visitors ⓘ
UNESCOTentativeList	World Heritage tentative list (Mexico) ⓘ
writingSystem	Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ surface form: Maya hieroglyphic script

Referenced by (11)

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

Maya civilization → majorSite → Bonampak ⓘ

State of Chiapas → containsArchaeologicalSite → Bonampak ⓘ

southern Mexico → hasArchaeologicalSite → Bonampak ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Mexico

Chiapas → containsArchaeologicalSite → Bonampak ⓘ

western Maya lowlands → hasMajorSite → Bonampak ⓘ

Yaxchilán → hasNearbySite → Bonampak ⓘ

Bonampak → alternateName → Bonampak ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bonampak Archaeological Zone

Maya architecture → notableSite → Bonampak ⓘ

Maya lowlands → contains → Bonampak ⓘ

Lacandon Jungle → contains → Bonampak ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bonampak archaeological site

Archaeological Monuments Zone of Mexico → includes → Bonampak ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bonampak archaeological zone