Pakalova hrobka je astronomicky orientovaná

Astronomical orientation of Pakal tomb by Jaroslav Klokočník.

We prove that the Lord Pakal’s tomb in Palenque has astronomical orientation, namely the solar orientation with respect to sunset or sunrise in summer or winter solstice. We measured inside the tomb by a precise magnetic compass and corrected the measured magnetic azimuths to the astronomical azimuths (using other measurements by GPS). The precision of our results is not worse than ±2 degrees.