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ANCIENT MYSTERIES

Who was the Red Queen?

 

Solving the mystery of the identity of the Red Queen begins with a thorough examination of her tomb and her remains, which taps into many scientific disciplines. The nickname of this female ruler comes from the fact that she was covered in a thick coating of mercury sulfide or cinnabar, which gives her remains a bright rust color, the same color used on the outside of the Maya temples. Some archaeologists believe that this symbolizes blood, and thus life, and may have been instrumental in helping the Red Queen travel to the afterworld. Pacal the Great, buried in the temple next to the Red Queen, was similarly coated in cinnabar. The queen’s tomb was one of the richest Maya tombs ever found. In addition to her funerary mask, which was made of 280 pieces of malachite, inside her tomb archaeologists found 1,140 pieces of jadite. Alongside the Red Queen’s sarcophagus there were two other skeletons. One was of a prepubescent boy of about 10 who was decapitated. The other was of a girl in her teens who had her heart extracted from her and was covered with various stab wounds. The youths were probably sacrificed in the tomb to assist in a smooth transition of the Red Queen to her new realm. The heart of the girl was most likely burned, as was the tradition in blood sacrifices. The ancient Maya believed that the smoke generated from burning organs and bloodied paper sent messages to the gods above who would smell the smoke and react accordingly. The bodies of the youths provide important clues to the identity of the Red Queen…

 

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