is portrayed as the first god," meaning she was seen as literally serving as a vessel for this god. On the side of Stela 24, this ritual is described in more detail; here the god is referred to as the moon goddess despite the net skirt which was worn mostly by men. This ritual took place on April 17, 699 CE. According to Stela 47, she also impersonated the moon goddess on February 9, 726 CE, which was the Maya new year, following the 260-day sacred calendar. When K'ahk' Tiliw Chan Chaak was about 13, his mother was the one who publicly celebrated the half-k'atun anniversary of 9.14.10.0.0 (October 11, 721 CE) with the erection of Stela 24, suggesting she was serving as his regent at that time. However, she may never have been the formal head of government; Stela 24 described K’ak’ Tiliw Chan Chaak as the 38th head of Naranjo's government, whereas it should count him as the 39th if Six Sky were included. Rediscovery in the 20th Century Tatiana Proskouriakoff first recognized the name of the queen in the 1960s during her pioneering studies of the historical side of Maya inscriptions. She nicknamed the queen "Lady of Tikal" because of the use of the Mutal emblem glyph; it wasn't until later that scholars realized more than one city used the same glyph. In popular culture Lady Six Sky leads the Mayan civilization in the New Frontier season pass of the 4X video game Civilization VI. She is the subject of the 2012 historical fiction Lady Six Sky'' by Elaine Lowe and has been depicted in contemporary art by Miguel Omaña. References Maya queens Naranjo 7th-century women rulers 8th-century women rulers Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown