An image of the jade mask found in the tomb of a Maya king at Chochkitam in Guatemala. The tomb and artifacts inside it are thought to date to around 1,700 years ago. An image of the jade mask ...

Jade mosaic pieces are laid out after being finely cleaned by archaeologists. This mask, which was placed on the waist area, identifies the occupant of the tomb as an early Chochkitam ruler.

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 ...

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 ...

including an intricately designed jade mask depicting a Maya deity. The tomb, which is located at an archaeological site known as Chochkitam near the borders of what are now Mexico and Belize ...

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.

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. Chochkitam, which is ...

A RARE Jade mask has been discovered inside a 1,700-year ... The tomb was discovered by a Tulane University archaeologist at a site called Chochkitam. Along with the funerary mask, several ...

Jade mask In order to reconstruct the six-inch ... “Now, we can speak not only to a new dynasty,” he says, “but to Chochkitam in its early years.” ...

This small mask, made of jade mosaic with spondylus shell for the eyes and teeth, represents a manifestation of the Maya Storm God. It was laid on the chest of a king buried at Chochkitam ...