Masks from the tombs at Calakmul were meant to ease the passage of the Snake elite into the next world. Royal visages made of green jade, more valuable than gold to the ancient Maya, evoked the ...

Farming was at the centre of ancient Maya life. But these people are also ... our amazing mosaic masks. Surely though, our roads will survive the longest. They run through the forests - connecting ...

Known by the ancient Maya people as Lakamha ... including a striking green funerary mask, was covered with a scarlet powder, later confirmed to be cinnabar, the common term for mercuric sulfide.