#jade mask

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Jade mask depicting Maya storm god unearthed in royal tomb in Guatemala

Archaeologists have discovered a 1,700-year-old royal tomb in Guatemala that's overflowing with funeral offerings, including an intricately designed jade mask depicting a Maya deity.

The tomb, which is located at an archaeological site known as Chochkitam near the borders of what are now Mexico and Belize, was the burial site for a previously unknown Maya king, according to a statement from Tulane University.

Along with the mosaic mask designed to resemble the Maya storm god, researchers found 16 mollusk shells and hieroglyphs carved into human femurs (thigh bones), including one drawing depicting a man holding a jade mask similar to the artifact tucked inside the tomb. Researchers think the hieroglyphs identify the king's father and grandfather and serve as a link to the ruler of the Maya states of Tikal and Teotihuacan. Read more.

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Lil Freax [421 - 430]

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Jade mosaic mask. Unearthed beneath a Mayan pyramid in northeastern Guatemala.

📷 Rubén Salgado Escudero

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Mysterious Cities of Gold S01E23

Jade Mask in tha house

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Jadeite head fragment (Olmec culture), Cleveland Museum of Art

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Jade Mask from Goranger 

[ancientstuff]

Belgium returns 1,000-year-old stolen Mayan mask to Guatemala

Belgium returned to Guatemala on Monday a Mayan jade mask more than a thousand years old, which had been stolen and illegally exported, the ...

This was stolen and trafficked relatively recently (2008), and doesn’t seem to have been part of a historical excavation haul. I’m surprised it took so long to make its way through the courts, but at least it’s going back.