Fanny López Jiménez (born Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, 1970) is a Mexican archaeologist known for her excavations at
Palenque
Palenque (; Yucatec Maya: ), also anciently known in the Itza Language as Lakamha ("big water" or "big waters"), was a Maya city-state in southern Mexico that perished in the 8th century. The Palenque ruins date from ca. 226 BC to ca. 799 AD ...
, including the discovery of the
Tomb of the Red Queen.
López Jiménez studied archaeology at the
National School of Anthropology and History
National School of Anthropology and History (in Spanish (language), Spanish: ''Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, ENAH'') is a Mexican Institution of higher education founded in 1938 and a prominent center for the study of Anthropology ...
in Mexico City. She completed her first fieldwork in Lagartero near
and shortly after, in 1991, performed excavation practices in Palenque, on the north side El Palacio. The remains of the Red Queen were found on 11 April 1994 in the Temple XIII internal substructure. After further research it was López Jiménez who proposed that the identity of the formerly unknown woman was Hun K'Anleum, "Señora 1 Telaraña" ("Lady 1 Cobweb") in her article "Quién es la Reina Roja?" (Who is the Red Queen?) in ''
Arqueología Mexicana
''Arqueología Mexicana'' (Mexican Archaeology) is a bimonthly journal published by Editorial Raíces and the Mexican Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (National Institute of Anthropology and History). The first issue, devoted to ...
''.
Quién es la Reina Roja?
''Arqueología Mexicana''. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
López Jiménez is married to Hector Escobar.
References
External links
*http://remarq.ning.com/profile/FannyLopezJimenez
Mexican archaeologists
1970 births
Living people
People from Chiapas
Mexican women archaeologists
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