ARCHAEOLOGISTS tunneling beneath the main temple of the ancient Maya city of El Peru-Waka in northern Guatemala have discovered an intricately carved stone monument with hieroglyphic text detailing the exploits of a little-known sixth-century princess whose progeny prevailed in a bloody, back-and-forth struggle between two of the civilization's most powerful royal dynasties, Guatemalan cultural officials have announced.
"Great rulers took pleasure in describing adversity as a prelude to ultimate success," said research director David Freidel, PhD, a professor of anthropology in Arts &Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. "Here the Snake queen, Lady Ikoom, prevailed in the end."
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