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 ...

Authorities have uncovered that an eastern coastal region of Guatemala, known to be a cocaine corridor, has been used in the trafficking of jade — a gemstone used for millennia by the ancient Mayans ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...