Archaeologists have discovered a remarkable jade pendant fit for a king. Covered on one side with hieroglyphs, the buried jewelry belonged to a Mayan king who would have sported it on his chest ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala have uncovered a jade burial mask over 700-years-old while excavating the tomb of a fouth century king revered in his own time as a god.. The burial chamber, the oldest ...

A 1,700-year-old mosaic jade mask and a carved femur bone found inside an ancient Maya tomb at Chochkitam, Guatemala Francisco Estrada-Belli / Tulane University Researchers in Guatemala have uncovered ...

Choked by rainforest and crowded with fallen leaves, palms, and chunks of stone, the little-known site of Chochkitam, Guatemala, seems an unlikely place for a breathtaking archaeological find—much ...

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An ancient platform was found in the Aguada Fénix area of Tabasco, Mexico, that maps the cosmos and rituals of the first ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala uncovered a jade burial mask more than 700 years old while excavating the tomb of a fourth-century king revered in his time as a god. The burial chamber, the oldest ...

If you’ve outlived the apocalypse and still are interested in Mayan culture, drop in on a new exhibit about the Mayans in Washington. Using the beginning of the 14th bak’tun, the new cycle of the Long ...

A cache of jade that should expand knowledge of the Mayan culture in Central America has been uncovered by a group of students led by an Illinois anthropologist. The find, thought to be buried for ...

Miniature mosaic of noble wearing a Sun god headdress from the "Heavenly Jade of the Maya" exhibit in Washington D.C. MCT If you’ve outlived the apocalypse and still are interested in Mayan culture, ...