Did a Seventh-Century Warrior Queen Build the Maya’s Longest Road? Theresa Machemer/Smithsonianmag.com When Lady K’awiil Ajaw, warrior queen of the Maya city of Cobá, needed to show her strength against the growing power of Chichen Itza, she took decisive action, building the then-longest road in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula and pav her army to counter the enemy’s […] Source: VT