ANTIGUA, Guatemala—A carpet here ... replicas of jade statues made by peoples in Mesoamerica. The museum and jade factory, where the stone is cut and polished, were at the main location of ...

Scientific expeditions and treasure hunters, known informally among themselves as jadeistas or jade-raiders, have scoured Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Costa Rica searching for the source of the ...

Deep within the cloud forests of northeastern Guatemala lies a deep vein of translucent blue jade, the most prized treasure of the Mayans. A trek into the Motagua Valley, where most of the rare ...

Viviana López Gutiérrez pieces together the jade mosaic mask in the Holmul Archaeological Project Laboratory in Antigua, Guatemala. Jade mosaic pieces are laid out after being finely cleaned by ...

Researchers discovered 72 celts made from jade, metagabbro ... discovered 18 cross-shaped holes Ceibal, Guatemala. Within these holes, known as caches, they found a total of 72 greenstone celts ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala uncovered a jade burial mask more than 700 years old while excavating the tomb of a fourth-century king revered in his time as a god. The burial chamber, the oldest ...

New research on jade found along fault lines in Guatemala is helping geologists piece the puzzle of the past 130 million years. A new analysis of jade found along the Motagua fault that bisects ...

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 ...