Queen Snake

A tablet found in a tunnel under the main temple of the ancient Mayan city of El Perú - Waka ' in northern Guatemala has proven secret on what archaeologists call ' dark period ' in the history of the Maya.Confusing and difficult to decipher hieroglyphics are still in the process of decoding by archaeologists, but until now it has been understood that tell the story of a violent ' Queen Snake ' six centuries.
Tablets dating to the year 564, a time when two royal dynasties are fighting for power , something that happened hundreds of years before the collapse of the Mayan civilization , which still remains one of the greatest mysteries of archeology.
Tablets of stone inscribed by the ancient Maya were crucial in helping us understand and discover fucks their civilization , and many of them have been discovered in the ruins of the Maya.
" Sovereigns had great pleasure to describe disasters as a prelude to success ," said researcher David Reidel , PhD, professor of anthropology in Arts and Sciences at Washington University , St. Louis.
"Here the serpent queen, Ikoom , has prevailed in the end. "
The stone tablet has stood exposed to the elements for hundreds of years - before being buried as a sacrifice at a funeral for another queen .
Epigraph Stanley Guenter , who deciphered the text , believes that the tablets initially dedicated to King Wa'oom Uch'ab Tzi'kin .
Enable text information on a new chapter in the history of the ancient kingdom of Waka and political relations that had the most powerful kingdoms of the world classic Maya period .