Monday, August 4, 2008

The Red Queen

The Red Queen In Palenque Mexico the archaeologist found the remains of a queen in 1994.they found her with a red powder which is called cinnabar.they don't now her identity shes been berried 13 century's in a sarcophagus.the indigenous people thougth that cinnabar was a way of life.king Pacal were found in the heart of the temple.the red queen was a woman of power,Pacal ruled 863 to 683.Pacal and the red queens toms were a like and thougth they were related.the first candidate was Yol ik nal.they were two people found in her tum a eighth to ten year old boy and a young woman.they think she was berried in A.D 700.Yol ik nal died 864 A.D.the other possibility was Sak kuk born A.D 612 and died 640.Sak kuk was the mother of king Pacal the second.Pacal was became ruler at 12 years,but his mom was the one in charge.The third possibility was Tzabu jaw born A.D 626 and died 672.Tzabu Ajaw married king Pacal the second.The red queen wasn't from alPenque because they got DNA from her from her teeth and saw that she wasn't link to Palenque and Tzabu Ajaw wasn't from Palenque.it took her nine years to get pregnant,she got pregnant in 635.then it took her another nine years to have her second baby.When Tzabu Ajaw died Pacal was left alone to ruled and then he died 11 years after she died.Yo ik nal couldn't be the red queen because,the red queen lived for A.D 615 to 680.Yol ik nal died in 604 A.D.sak kuk second possibility was not the red queen,because the DNA of her and Pacal did not match.Tzakbu Ajaw was the only possibility that the red queen could be.Palenque was abandon in the 9Th century.

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