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Learn more about Te K'ab Chaak, the first Maya king from Caracol whose tomb is rewriting the history of Maya-Mesoamerica ...
In the heart of Belize, archaeologists have uncovered a royal tomb that changes what’s known about Maya history. This burial, ...
Archaeologists from the University of Houston have discovered the first royal tomb at the sprawling Maya site of Caracol, in ...
A major breakthrough in Maya archaeology has emerged from Caracol, Belize, where the University of Houston team uncovered the tomb of Te K'ab Chaak—Caracol’s first known ruler. Buried with elaborate ...
Archaeologists from @UHouston have uncovered the tomb of Te K’ab Chaak — Caracol’s first ruler and dynastic founder. It’s the ...
HOUSTON — University of Houston archaeologists have uncovered the tomb of Te K'ab Chaak, the first ruler of the ancient Maya city of Caracol in Belize, Central America. The discovery represents the ...
CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS—According to a statement released by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, researchers are investigating the site of a nearly 2,000-year-old ancestral Maya village ...
WASHINGTON – An examination of numerous houses excavated at two sites in southern Belize is providing insight into gaping wealth inequality in ancient Maya cities – a disparity that res… ...
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 ...
In Santa Cruz, a Mopan Maya settlement tucked into the jungle in southern Belize, there’s a delicate balance between welcoming tourism and safeguarding tradition.