[10] His monumental achievements, including the towering stele E carved from a single stone, echo the grandeur and symbolic power of Egyptian obelisks.

[11] Quiriguá became a fully autonomous city which controlled the main trade route from the Caribbean to the Maya world.

Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat, the ruler of Quirigua, has unique characteristics due to the remarkable similarities between his representations and Egyptian iconography.

[11] These features, combined with his long reign and the celestial alignment of his monuments reflecting Orion's Belt, evoke the pharaonic tradition.

[16] Current evidence leads to the conclusion that Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat died in 785 AD.