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.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by University of Houston primary press release and multiple independent journalistic sources (CBS, Smithsonian, National Geographic, Live Science) with consistent details on dating, artifacts, and skeletal analysis. [cascade flags: aggregator_dropped_primary_exists | tier=silver indep_score=0.917 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- 6 archaeological discoveries that amazed the world in 2025 (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- https://stories.uh.edu/2025-caracol-chase/index.html (corroboration)
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/archaeologists-find-ancient-tomb-maya-city-caracol-belize/ (corroboration)
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-treasure-filled-tomb-belonging-to-the-first-known-ruler-of-a-maya-city-in-belize-180986972/ (corroboration)