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 ...

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

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 ...

MEXICO CITYMEXICO CITY — The director of Harvard’s Peabody Museum said Tuesday he wants to return about 50 ancient carved Mayan jade pieces to Mexico, almost a century after a U.S. consul dredged the ...

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 ...

ATLANTA - The search is on for a priceless jade medallion, and right now at the Children’s Museum of Atlanta, young Indiana Joneses can come take a crack at solving an ancient Mayan mystery. Mystery ...

Archaeologists have discovered the ancient skeleton of a young woman wearing a well-preserved jade ring at a site in Mexico. The skeleton, which is estimated to be about 1,200 years old, was found at ...

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, ...