Written by Ellen Lloyd – Ĭopyright © All rights reserved. Hopefully, we will learn more about this fascinating ancient civilization soon. There are still many unanswered questions about the Snake Kings: how they lived, ruled, and fought-and even whether some of them were real. Scientists propose La Corona served as a conduit for sending goods north to Calakmul. The extensive writing and record-keeping also suggest that La Corona played an essential role in the Kaanul state. “To create a new state, Kaanul rulers manipulated traditional mythology at La Corona and celebrated their connections to deities that had preceded their arrival,” Barrientos said.
This was most likely the city of Calakmul, whose rulers wanted to associate themselves publicly with revered La Corona gods. Examination of the hieroglyphic writing on this stone reveals that La Corona was under the control of a large capital city. Interestingly, the same gods are mentioned on a carved monument dating from 546. The Snake Kings associated themselves closely with those deities. New research suggests that it was a remote but critical part of a large Classic Maya state. “Our work supports the idea that the ancient Maya formed interconnected political systems, not largely separate city-states as traditionally thought,” said Marcello Canuto of Tulane University in New Orleans, who co-directs the La Corona excavation.Īccording to archaeologist Tomás Barrientos of the University of the Valley of Guatemala in Guatemala City, who co-directs La Corona excavations with Canuto, stone inscriptions dating to 314 discovered at La Corona reveal the arrival of specific Maya gods.Īrtist’s illustration of an ancient Maya site called La Corona with a ceremonial center in the foreground. Some years ago, scientists discovered the tomb of Lady K’abel a seventh-century Maya Holy Snake Lord considered one of the great queens of Classic Maya civilization. Snake Queen K’abel – One of The Greatest Queens Of Classic Maya Civilization We explore what we know so far of the mysterious Snake Kings and Queens. Scientists' reports, aerial laser maps, excavations, and studies of stone-slab hieroglyphics shed new light on the lost history of the Snake dynasty. Photograph: Picasa/A Tokvinine, U Alabama Photograph: Picasa/image by J Gonzalez, PACUNAM Right: A 3D scan of the frieze decorating a tomb-containing building at Holmul, showing a king wearing an avian sun god headdress emerging from a sacred mountain spirit head amid feathered serpents. Left: Reconstructed view of Holmul in the final phase of the classic period. Who were the Kaanul rulers, known as the Maya Snake Kings, and how and why did they become so powerful? The history of the Snake kings is still shrouded in mystery, but scientists have come a long way, and we are learning more and more about these enigmatic ancient Maya Snakes and their kingdom.
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