David
Kelly and Floyd Lounsbury analyzed the inscriptions from the
temple and determined that the ruler was Pakal the great ruler
of Palenque for most of his 80 years, and it was reason to
believe that he had the temple built for him as his personal
burial monument. The tomb was also found to hold a jade burial
mask.
Pakal the Great ruled Palenque for most of his 80 years (603-683
A.D.). He ascended to the throne at 12 years and 125 days
and it was reasonable to conclude that he had built the Temple
of Inscriptions as his own burial monument. But Ruz was disturbed
by the fact that the bones in the sarcophagus appeared to
belong to a man some forty years younger than Pakal at the
time of his death. Preliminary analysis from the bones indicated
a middle-aged male, but this analysis was never published
for scientists to examine, confirm or reject. A subsequent
report in 1971 seemed to confirm the earlier finding based
on limited wear on the skeleton's teeth.
QUESTIONS WITHOUT
ANSWERS YET
1. Did the carbon radioactive test indicate Pakal was 80-year
old or 40-year old at the time of death? Why was the report
buried in the archives and not presented in the archaeological
conference? His stature and strong complexion question the
genetic origin of the true Pakal.
2. What was the cryogenic process that speed up the formation
of stalactites and stalagmites? The process of these geologic
elements is usually very slow, only few milimeters every 1,000
years and a tomb, approximately 1,300 years old, should not
have shown an advanced process of these underground natural
formations.
(From Mesoweb.com)
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