mostly-history: Part of the talud-tablero façade of Structure…

mostly-history:

Part of the talud-tablero façade of Structure 5D-43 at Tikal

(Guatemala), with a symbol related to the Mesoamerican city of

Teotihuacán.

Chak Tok Ich’aak I, the eighth ruler of Tikal, died on January 14^th,

378 AD.  This was the very same day that Sihyaj K’ak’, probably a

foreign general, arrived in the city.  It is almost certain that

Sihyaj K’ak’s “arrival” actually refers to the invasion of Tikal

by warriors from Teotihuacán, and that Chak Toik Ich’aak was

executed.  The invaders installed a new dynasty that was loyal to

Teotihuacán and its rulers.

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