The finding of a 1,700-year-old tomb in the ancient Maya city of Caracol by a husband-and-wife team of archaeologists from the University of Houston was named as one of the top 10 discoveries of 2025 ...

Archaeologists interested in the history of the Mayan kingdom were in for a surprise as a new tomb rose to prominence. After four decades of work in Caracol, Belize, Central America, experts unearthed ...

Among the discoveries was a 1,700-year-old death mask of a Maya ruler, found and assembled by Provost Diane Chase and ...

Studying Janaab' Pakal and reconstructing Maya dynastic history / Vera Tiesler and Andrea Cucina -- Life and death of the ruler : recent bioarchaeological findings / Vera Tiesler -- Janaab' Pakal : ...

In the heart of Belize, archaeologists have uncovered a royal tomb that changes what’s known about Maya history. This burial, hidden beneath the ruins of Caracol, belongs to Te K’ab Chaak—the city’s ...

Archaeologists from the University of Houston, in collaboration with the Belize Institute of Archaeology, discovered the 1,600-year-old tomb of Te K'ab Chaak, the first known ruler of the ancient Maya ...

A major breakthrough in Maya archaeology has emerged from Caracol, Belize, where the University of Houston team uncovered the tomb of Te K'ab Chaak—Caracol’s first known ruler. Buried with elaborate ...

After more than four decades of work on the site, a husband-and-wife team of archaeologists with the University of Houston has uncovered remains of the first royal tomb at Caracol, a sprawling ancient ...

The mysteries surrounding the life and death of Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of the ancient Mayan city of Caracol in Belize, are about to get some answers. More than 40 years after uncovering Caana, ...

The little-known city of Chochkitam, located in northeast Guatemala’s dense rainforest near the border with Belize and Mexico, was last photographed by archaeologists some 100 years ago. In 2024, ...

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