Washington, Feb 27 (PTI) In a rare find, scientists have discovered a large piece of carved jade that once belonged to an ancient Maya king, inscribed with a historical text decribing its first owner.

Archaeologists have discovered a remarkable jade pendant fit for a king. Covered on one side with hieroglyphs, the buried jewelry belonged to a Mayan king who would have sported it on his chest ...

An archaeologist found a jade pendant once belonging to an ancient Maya king in what we think of as the provinces of that world. Why was it buried? And might its inscriptions change our understanding ...

In a remote area of southern Belize, archaeologists have unearthed a precious jade pendant that once belonged to a Maya king. They had been excavating the site of Nim li Punit, a small site dating ...

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More than a thousand years ago, the Maya couldn't dream up geoengineering schemes that would ease their climate woes. So perhaps some of them turned to the gods in a last-ditch plea for rain. That ...

Archaeologist Geoffrey Braswell from the University of California, San Diego unearthed a massive but precious T-shaped jade pendant that once belonged to an ancient Mayan king. The jade pendant found ...

The jade once belonging to an ancient Maya king is inscribed with 30 hieroglyphs. It was used during important religious ceremonies. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

Not bad for an accidental archaeologist. Geoffrey Braswell, a UC San Diego anthropology professor, was leading a team digging in a collapsed tomb on a hilltop in southern Belize when they discovered a ...