Jade inlays, typically reserved for adults, have been discovered on the teeth of young Maya children aged only 8 to 10 years, challenging our understanding of this ancient civilization. These dental ...

A Maya child, as young as seven years old, has been found to have worn jade “tooth gems,” a discovery that sheds new light on ancient practices. Archaeologists have long known that adults in the Maya ...

At the risk of legitimizing Gwyneth Paltrow, an intriguing recent discovery suggests that there is a healing aspect in the ancient practice of sticking gemstones into body parts. Maya people in the ...

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