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 ...

Arlen and Diane Chase unearthed the tomb of Te K’ab Chaak, the first king of the ancient Maya city of Caracol, located in ...

Learn more about Te K’ab Chaak, the first Maya king from Caracol whose tomb is rewriting the history of Maya-Mesoamerica ...

Te K'ab Chaak was a wealthy warrior king who rose to power in 331 C.E. His burial is the first royal tomb found in the ...

More than 40 years after uncovering Caana, the central architectural complex at Caracol, Belize, husband-and-wife ...

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Found in the ancient city of Caracol, the tomb contained a rare jade mask, ceramics, and jewelry often linked to the Maya ...

Two University of Houston archaeologists have made scientific history with the discovery of a Mayan king's tomb in Belize.

Archaeologists in Belize have uncovered the 1,600-year-old tomb of Te K'ab Chaak, the founding ruler of Caracol-one of the most powerful Maya cities of the Classic Period. According to Live Science, ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the 1,600-year-old tomb of Caracol’s first Maya ruler in Belize.