Palenque, a late classic Mayan site is situated in the foothills of Chiapas. Politically the city achieved it's height under the rulership of a great dynasty in the 7th and 8th centuries. The funerary pyramid of King Pacal the Great, the Temple of Inscriptions, is one of the many beautifully stuccoed buildings in this capital of one of the most powerful states in all of classic Mayan history.