Jade mask discovered in pyramid tomb of Maya King
By: Mark Milligan
Date: January 26, 2024 Jade mask discovered in pyramid tomb of Maya King Archaeologists have discovered an intact jade mask in the tomb of a Maya King at Chochkitam, a little-known Maya polity in northeastern Peten, Guatemala.
Contemporary inscriptions indicate that Chochkitam was a royal city with a lineage traced back to Preclassic times. The site was first reported in 1909, with ongoing studies recording three main monumental groups connected by a long central causeway.
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