The Red Queen of Palenque
The archaeology and the story: The critical role a great Maya queen, and women generally, played in Maya society.
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Freelance writer, researcher and photographer, Georges Fery (georgefery.com ) addresses topics from history, culture, and beliefs to daily living of ancient and today’s indigenous societies of Mesoamerica and South America. His articles are published online at travelthruhistory.com, ancient-origins.net and popular-archaeology.com, and in the quarterly magazine Ancient American (ancientamerican.com). In the U.K. his articles are found in mexicolore.co.uk.
The author is a fellow of the Institute of Maya Studies instituteofmayastudies.org , Miami, FL and The Royal Geographical Society , London, U.K. (rgs.org) . He is a member in good standing with the Maya Exploration Center , Austin, TX ( mayaexploration.org ) the Archaeological Institute of America , Boston, MA (archaeological.org) , NFAA-Non Fiction Authors Association ( nonfictionauthrosassociation.com) and the National Museum of the American Indian , Washington, DC. ( americanindian.si.edu).