Centuries ago, Maya children as young as 7 had "tooth gems" — jade inlays in their teeth that likely symbolized social maturity or a rite of passage, a new study finds. Archaeologists already knew ...

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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Archaeologists already knew that adult Maya had tooth inlays, but this is some of the first evidence that children also had tooth bling. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...