"These faces, these portraits, look at us from the past. Their gaze transports us to the royal court of the ancient and ...

Stunning jade mask found inside the tomb of a mysterious Maya king. National Geographic Explorer Francisco Estrada-Belli’s discovery in Chochkitam, Guatemala, sheds new light on an ancient society.

Eerie Mayan 'death mask' discovery unravels mystery of 'afterlife' in ancient culture The team's discovery offered new insight and understanding of the Maya's belief in the "afterlife".

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.

Archaeologists in Guatemala have uncovered a Mayan tomb estimated to be from 350 C.E. deep in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, a discovery lead researcher Francisco Estrada-Belli has described as akin ...

Mayan masks were made from a variety of natural materials such as wood, volcanic rock, gold and shell. They were decorated in gold, burnt red, black, green and a famous turquoise known as Maya Blue .

A Mayan artifact is set to return to Mexico after being held by a Chicago family for nearly 40 years, the National Museum of Mexican Art announced Friday.

A relief in NOMA’s permanent collection, known by scholars as the “New Orleans Panel” represents the investiture of El Cayo’s principal authority known as sahal.

In 250, as the Roman Empire began to fall apart in Europe, Mayan civilization was steadily gaining in power and sophistication. Over the next six centuries, the Maya built a network of cities that ...