Mexico, Palenque greatest treasure of Maya's civilisation. Pacal, the Maya 's Tutankhamun,

The amazing city of Palenque in Mexico can only be visited with better travel agencies. Hidden entirely in the mountainous jungle, the city was also the resting place of the ruler of Maya's. 

The treasures of this tomb are comparable to the treasures in the Tutankhamun tomb, that's why Pacal is called sometimes mexican Tutankhamun. This treasure is the pyramid tomb of Pacal, the king who has already become a god in his lifetime.

It was not even 1952 that the hieroglyphs from the tomb were read. Pacal was born in 603, the son of Queen Zak Kuk, he came to the throne at the age of 12 and quickly became a father of the heir to the throne - Chan Bahlum. His name means in the language of the ancient "Jaguar Snake".He lived 85 years . Together with his son built a larger part of the ancient city. Pacal was considered to be a saint because he was born with a sprat foot and six fingers at every foot and hand.Pacal's tomb itself is one of the smaller pyramids in the city, but the treasures found inside showed power of that ruler.

The ruler was buried with five slaves, inside there were numerous votive-jade masks, and the face of the dead king was covered with a mask of jade, whose eyes were made of nacre and obsidian.
This is one of the most perfect face portraits in the art of Mayas. However, the most magnificent masterpiece is the richly carved crypt of the sarcophagus. In the middle of the bas-relief, we have a ruler that seems to sink in the depths, above it is a holy tree of mexican cultures - seiba, whose branches are transformed into a dragon.

 
A sacred bird sits on a sacred tree - quetzalcoatl, very colorful rare bird. The perfectly depicted constellations of the stars, the Moon, the Sun and the Milky Way are presented to the stage. The whole scene is to present the ruler as an intermediary between the world of people, the dead and the gods.On the side of the sarcophagus there are carvings with the names of all predecessors of the ruler. Unlike Tutankhamun, Pacal was transferred to the museum, and a copy of the sarcophagus was left in the tomb.Pacal's tomb has been completely recreated in the anthropological Museum in the city of Mexico, where the body of the ruler rests, in such a pattern as it was in Palanque. Is need to say that the Anthropological Museum in the city of Mexico is next to the Cairo Museum, one of the two richest collections of antique museums.To visit them thoroughly it takes a few days. The body of the Pacal, according to tradition, was painted with cinnabar, the red color corresponded to the divine and royal worship. Unfortunately for those who used a special pomade from the mineral.. Cynomber is a natural source of quicksilver and poison human very slowly.

International site about the place : http://palenquepark.com/




Traditional engraving on the skin, made by a local artist, presenting a copy of Pacal tombstone