A Red Palace for the Red Queen at Palenque, Mexico
UPDATED 6 JULY, 2022 - 22:58 ASHLEY COWIE
Archaeologists and restorers working Mexico’s Palenque Palace have not only discovered a new entrance to the complex, but evidence that the roofs were painted red.
Located within the Archaeological Zone of Palenque , in the Chiapas state in southern Mexico, the Maya Palenque Palace served as both the ceremonial and administrative center of the city of Palenque in the 7th and 8th centuries AD. This eclectic assembly of courtyards, corridors, subterranean passageways, and grand rooms was also an immense royal residence.
The Palace represents what is regarded as one of the most complex Maya architectural structures ever discovered. Now, after four years of complex restoration and preservation work a team of archaeologists at Palenque have not only discovered a new access to the Palace, but they’ve also uncovered an area of red paint still existing on the Palace roof.
Works on friezes at House C, Palenque Palace, Palenque, Mexico. (Haydeé Orea/INAH)
The Palenque Palace is most well-known for the discovery of the Tomb of the Red Queen . This elite burial chamber was found in Temple XIII and contained the remains of Lady Ix Tz'akbu Ajaw and two of her servants.
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