The discovery was made in Mexico. ArchaeologistJacob Welch spotted a human-sized Maya Mask in 2017, when he was excavating Ucanha, a site on the Yucatán Peninsula near the coast of the Gulf of ...

Archaeologists working at the Chichén Itzá site on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico recently made a stunning discovery — a ...

Languages: English, Spanish Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a remarkable and "extremely rare" jade mask from the tomb of an ancient Maya king who died around 1,700 years ago.

But that’s exactly what researchers recently discovered at the site, in the form of a mysterious, interlocking jade mask believed to have belonged to a previously unknown Maya king. The find ...

Inside the tomb lay the remains of an elite Mayan wearing a Jade "death mask", and hieroglyphs etched into the sarcophagus confirmed that the remains belonged to King Pacal. The artwork found ...

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 ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 1,700-year-old royal tomb in Guatemala that's overflowing with funeral offerings, including an intricately designed jade mask depicting a Maya deity. The tomb ...