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 ...

Inside the tomb were exquisite funerary offerings befitting a king, including a mosaic jade mask, rare seashells, and inscriptions carved into human thigh bones. Incised femur bone discovered inside ...

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

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA—According to a statement released by Tulane University, a mosaic jade mask, 16 spondylus shells ... looters’ tunnels in the ancient city while conducting a survey ...

Inside the tomb, the team from Tulane University found a mosaic jade mask, human femur bones carved ... can learn more about their wonderful ancient history,” Estrada-Belli said.

Tulane University Holmul Archaeological Project/Francisco Estrada-Belli The ancient Maya ... Belli said. The mask is made up of a mosaic of 33 postage-stamp-sized jade pieces that were scattered ...

The tomb is dated back 1,700 years and holds funeral offerings, including a mosaic jade mask, rare mollusk shells and writings carved in human femur bones. The archaeologist says one of the tombs ...

This small mask, made of jade mosaic with spondylus shell for the ... or the culprit in an ancient Egyptian murder mystery. This year was no different. In 2024, modern methods like DNA analysis ...