Mayan ruler (ajaw) of the city-state polity centered at Tikal
700 CE
to 766 CE
Yik'in Chan K'awiil (name may be glossed as "K'awiil that Darkens the Sky"; fl.
734 – c. 766) is a Mayan ruler (ajaw) in the Late Classic period of the city-state polity centered at Tikal, a major pre-Columbian Maya site in the Petén Basin region (modern-day Guatemala).