Five pre-Hispanic tombs show Oaxaca town was once a major Zapotec capital
Today, San Pedro Nexicho is a quiet town of just 150 residents nestled in the Sierra Juárez mountains of Oaxaca. But recent archaeological discoveries reveal that it…
No, researchers haven’t found elite residences at Mexico’s Chichén Itzá
A group of structures at the famed Mayan city Chichen Itza, believed to have been part of an elite housing complex, will open to the public in…
38 Percent of Aztec skull rack contained heads of sacrificed women
A recent analysis of the Hueyi Tzompantli—the mᴀssive Aztec skull rack unearthed near the Templo Mayor ruins in the heart of modern-day Mexico City—has revealed a surprisingly…
Deity of death statue uncovered during Maya Train construction
Archaeologists from the National Insтιтute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have made a significant discovery during the construction of Section 7 of the Maya Train near the…
Archaeologists discover a lost ancient Maya city in the Mexican jungle
Archaeologists from Mexico’s National Insтιтute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have recently made a significant discovery in the dense forests of the Balamkú Ecological Reserve in the…
Teotihuacano village unearthed in Mexico City
Researchers from the National Insтιтute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have unearthed a Teotihuacano village in the Tlatelolco area of Mexico City. Teōtīhuacān, known as the “birthplace…
Ancient Maya sacrificial victim discovered with jade ring in Mexico
Archaeologists from the National Insтιтute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have unearthed the remains of a young human sacrifice adorned with a precious jade ring at the…
Evidence of ritual beheadings and skull deformation found at Maya pyramid in Mexico
Archaeologists from the National Insтιтute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have uncovered significant evidence of ritual beheadings and skull deformation during excavations at the Maya site of…
Atlantean sculpture discovered at Chichen Itza
Archaeologists from the National Insтιтute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have uncovered an Atlantean-type sculpture during road prospecting work for the new Chichén Itzá route on Mexico’s…
Archaeologists have unearthed anthropomorphic figurines at Aztec Templo Mayor
Archaeologists from the Templo Mayor Project and Mexico’s National Insтιтute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have uncovered a stone chest, known in Nahuatl as a tepetlacalli, containing…