1 published discovery from Belize — coins, hoards, jewellery and artefacts recovered by detectorists and archaeologists.
Global Finds has 1 find from Belize, a famous historical find. It is filed under jewellery. It is the Altun Ha jade head, Belize, buried about AD 600 to 650.
The law: In Belize, as in most countries, archaeological finds are protected by national heritage law: report anything old or unusual to the national heritage authority, and never dig at a known site or export a find without permission.
In 1968 the Royal Ontario Museum team excavating the Maya city of Altun Ha in Belize opened the earliest of seven royal tombs in a temple. On the dead ruler's right wrist lay a carved jade head of the sun god weighing 4.42 kg, now Belize's national symbol.
