"These faces, these portraits, look at us from the past. Their gaze transports us to the royal court of the ancient and ...

Jade mask discovered inside an ancient Mayan tomb dating from 1,700 years ago in Chochkitam, Guatemala. Credit: Francisco Estrada-Belli / Tulane University A team of archaeologists from Tulane ...

An image of the jade mask found in the tomb of a Maya king at Chochkitam in Guatemala. The tomb and artifacts inside it are thought to date to around 1,700 years ago.

Archaeologists were amazed to find a Mayan 'death mask' in the tomb of a long-lost 'Great King'. The Mayans used to live in a place called Mesoamerica, which is now part of Central and Northern ...

Stunning jade mask found inside the tomb of a mysterious Maya king. National Geographic Explorer Francisco Estrada-Belli’s discovery in Chochkitam, Guatemala, sheds new light on an ancient society.

Eerie Mayan 'death mask' discovery unravels mystery of 'afterlife' in ancient culture The team's discovery offered new insight and understanding of the Maya's belief in the "afterlife".

A remarkable archaeological discovery is shedding a new light on one of history’s biggest enigmas – the collapse of central America’s ancient Maya civilisation. This new discovery – the ...

Dating to 350 C.E., during the Maya classic period, the tomb is full of “extraordinary” funeral offerings, including an ancient mosaic jade mask, according to a statement from Tulane University.

But ancient Maya masons had their own secrets when it came to making the lime plasters, mortars, and stuccos used to build their magnificent structures, many of which still stand today.

An ancient Maya city reveals its secrets to solve one of history’s biggest enigmas. The discovery – the burning of a long-dead king’s skeleton and sacred funerary regalia – reveals new secrets ...