In this episode, Lucas and Luna dig into the final chapter of Tikal's long history, focusing on the reign of Jasaw Chan K'awiil II, the last king to raise a stela at the city. They explore what we know from Stela 11, the last dated monument at Tikal, set in 869 CE, and how it signals the broader collapse of the lowland Maya city-states. The conversation ranges across the king's titles, the troubled times he ruled in, the silence that followed his reign, and what archaeologists have pieced together about the final days of the city, from the abandoned palaces to the encroaching jungle. They also touch on the mystery of why the writing stopped and what the last glyphs tell us about a world coming undone. A reflective look at how an empire ends not with a bang but with a fading voice.
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