K’inich Ahau is our Sun god and Chaac brings us rain ... at around the same time (1500 BC). Maya households buried their dead underneath the floors so they could protect the living.

For more info, see the Disclosure Policy. KinIch Ahau Bonil means king of the solar countenance in Maya, referring to the king believed to be buried there. Can you climb the pyramids at El Rey?

It was here that Belize's famous Jade Head, a nearly 10-pound jade carving of the Maya sun god Kinich Ahau, was discovered in 1968. Today, the artifact is referred to as "the crown jewel of Belize." ...