Major discovery marks culmination of 40 years of work by Arlen and Diane Chase. Archaeologists from the University of Houston have discovered the tomb of Te K’ab Chaak at Caracol, an ancient Maya city ...

The Maya ruler in question was Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of Caracol, an important Maya city that ruled the southern part ...

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In the heart of Belize, archaeologists have uncovered a royal tomb that changes what’s known about Maya history. This burial, ...

It presents the picture of a bustling and interconnected Mexico long before the modern world arrived with its roads and ...

Archaeologists from the University of Houston have discovered the first royal tomb at the sprawling Maya site of Caracol, in ...

Te K’ab Chaak was the first dynastic leader of the Maya region of Caracol. Even after the king died, his dynasty last another ...

Yet another legendary downtown Los Angeles landmark is shuttering. In a post to Instagram Monday morning, management at The Mayan Theater, located at 1038 S. Hill St., announced plans to ...

Owners of the historic downtown nightclub, which has appeared in such films as "The Bodyguard" and "Night at the Roxbury," ...

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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 ...

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