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 ...

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.

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 ...

Archaeologists have discovered a complete mosaic Maya jade mask bearing an uncanny resemblance to the one Jim Carrey sported in the 1994 film, The Mask. This ancient version, however, was found in ...

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 ...

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 ...

a mosaic jade mask, 16 spondylus shells, and carved human femurs have been discovered in a 1,700-year-old tomb at Guatemala’s Maya site of Chochkitam by archaeologist Francisco Estrada-Belli.

Inside the tomb, the team from Tulane University found a mosaic jade mask, human femur bones carved with writings, and spondylus shells, which Mayan royalty used as jewellery and currency.

A RARE Jade mask has been discovered inside a 1,700-year-old Maya tomb in Guatemala. The mask was just one of a number of artifacts discovered inside an ancient Maya king’s tomb. According to ...

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 ...

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 ...