Archaeologists Decipher Crumbling Hieroglyphs to Reveal the Name of a Forgotten Maya Queen Who Ruled 1,400 Years Ago Ix Ch'ak Ch'een reigned over the city of Cobá in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Historians didn't know her name before they began translating a series of inscriptions discovered in 2024

Archaeologists Decipher Crumbling Hieroglyphs to Reveal the Name of a Forgotten Maya Queen Who Ruled 1,400 Years Ago: Ix Ch'ak Ch'een reigned over the city of Cobá in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Historians didn't know her… @SmithsonianMag #Archaeology #MayaCivilization #Historians #Cobá #IxChakCheen