Great Tombs of the MayaThe Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque, is Pakal the Great’s tomb was found in 1952. To its right is Temple XIII, is the resting place of the Red Queen. Palenque’s ...

Since 2004, Friedel says, researchers working at Palenque have discovered three royal tombs, a tomb of sacrifices, offerings to a royal, and a high noble's tomb. Records at the site suggest the ...

Pakal was buried in a large sarcophagus (stone coffin) in the largest of Palenque’s pyramids, known as the Temple of the Inscriptions. The skeletal remains inside the coffin still had the jade ...