Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of the Maya king who founded the city of Caracol in what is now Belize.

A rare mosaic death mask made of jadeite and vessels in the shapes of an owl, a monkey and coati-mundi were found with the ...

The Mayan city of Caracol has been researched for decades, but archaeologists only recently found a tomb of one of the city's ...

The discovery represents the first identifiable ruler’s tomb found in over four decades of excavation at the largest Maya ...

A Maya king’s tomb discovered in Belize offers the first proof of royal rule at Caracol and sheds light on early ties with ...

Caana, the central architectural complex at Caracol, Belize, uncovered by Diane and Arlen Chase in the 1980'sArchaeologists ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the tomb of Te K'ab Chaak, the first known ruler of Caracol, an ancient Maya city in present-day Belize.

An excavation in Belize by archaeologists at the University of Houston has uncovered the tomb of the first King of Caracol — ...

Belize was the home of some of the earliest Maya settlements, and Maya today make up an estimated 11% of the country’s population. Santa Cruz is accessed via a rough, unpaved road that winds ...

Native to Belize and Guatemala, the Mopans are one of the 28 subethnic groups of the Maya people. Roughly 10,000 people in Belize identify as Mopan, making up less than 3% of the country’s ...

Native to Belize and Guatemala, the Mopans are one of the 28 subethnic groups of the Maya people. Roughly 10,000 people in Belize identify as Mopan, making up less than 3% of the country’s ...