Archaeologists found a 1,700-year-old royal tomb at Caracol in Belize dating roughly to A.D. 330–350, containing a shattered jade-and-shell mosaic death mask, jade ear flares, and the bones of an elderly man.
Sources
- 6 archaeological discoveries that amazed the world in 2025 (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://stories.uh.edu/2025-caracol-chase/index.html (stories.uh.edu)
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/archaeologists-find-ancient-tomb-maya-city-caracol-belize/ (cbsnews.com)
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-treasure-filled-tomb-belonging-to-the-first-known-ruler-of-a-maya-city-in-belize-180986972/ (smithsonianmag.com)
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