sentences:  Ixkun has been explored since the 19th century, in large part due to the presence at the site of the impressive Stela 1.Modesto Méndez, governor of Petén, visited the ruins in 1852, he may have commissioned Eusebio Lara to draw the monuments.Alfred Maudslay visited Ixkun in 1887, he mapped the ruins and may have been the discoverer of Stelae 2 and 3.