The discovery was made in Mexico. ArchaeologistJacob Welch spotted a human-sized Maya Mask in 2017, when he was excavating Ucanha, a site on the Yucatán Peninsula near the coast of the Gulf of ...

The mask has been reburied for its own protection. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A giant Mayan mask as tall as a person ...

But that’s exactly what researchers recently discovered at the site, in the form of a mysterious, interlocking jade mask believed to have belonged to a previously unknown Maya king. The find ...

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 ...

An ancient mask depicting a 7th-century Maya king has been discovered in southern Mexico. The find was made in the famous ancient city of Palenque in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Archaeologists ...

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient stucco mask thought to depict the face of the Mayan ruler ‘Pacal the Great.’ The remarkable 7th century artifact is unlike most such treasures as it ...

Giant masks of fang-toothed gods found in lowland Guatemala show sophisticated Mayan culture had spread across the region hundreds of years earlier than thought. The pair of masks, dating from ...

According to the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), the mask was found inside a building known as "House E" in the palace complex at Palenque—an ancient Mayan city in the ...

The Mayan civilisation dominated a stretch of land ... stumbled upon an ancient death mask. The find came during excavations on the Temple of Inscriptions, the most important architectural work ...

Archaeologists were amazed to find a Mayan 'death mask' in the tomb of a long-lost 'Great King'. The Mayans used to live in a place called Mesoamerica, which is now part of Central and Northern ...