OU archaeologists uncover buried building in the ancient Mexican city University of Oklahoma researchers have made a finding that they believe could change the world’s view of an ancient capital. The location of a buried building under the surface of the Main Plaza at Monte Alban, one of the first towns to establish in all …

The giant pyramid is hidden inside a mountain Although the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt is by far the most talked-about pyramid in the world, it is not by a long sH๏τ the tallest. The тιтle goes to the Great Pyramid of Cholula, an ancient temple of the Aztecs in Puebla, Mexico, with a …

Long-lost Maya capital discovered in a backyard in Mexico Archaeologists claim that they discovered the long-lost capital of an ancient Maya kingdom on the Mexico-Guatemalan border. In what is now Chiapas, Mexico, the Sak Tz’i Kingdom has 5,000-10,000 inhabitants from around 750 BCE by 900 AD, an ᴀssociate professor of anthropology at Brandeis University, Charles Golden, …

Found: The Oldest and Largest Maya Structure in Mexico The oldest and largest Maya monumental structure on record has just been discovered after scientists sH๏τ millions of lasers from a plane to map an area in southern Mexico. At the newfound site, called Aguada Fénix, researchers found an artificial plateau measuring about 0.9 miles (1.4 …

Mysterious Secret Tunnel Discovered Under Ancient Pyramid in Mexico Hidden pᴀssage to the underworld could just have been found, at least according to the mysterious ancient civilization that built it. A secret tunnel leading down a chamber deep underneath the Pyramid of the Moon, a mᴀssive temple located in the ancient city of Teotihuacán, near …

The 290 Million Year Old Fossil Human Footprint There is a story going around, that up in the Robledo Mountains of southern New Mexico exists a mind-bending fossilised impression. Why should this be of interest you wonder? The answer is because it is seemingly the print of a human being wandering the area some 290 …

Ancient Maya Worshipped ‘Batman God’ 2,500 Years Ago A peculiar religious cult grew up among the Zapotec Indians of Oaxaca, Mexico in 100 A.D. The dangerous cave-dwelling bat creature – which the Zapotecs believed represented night, death, and sacrifice – was eventually adopted into the pantheon of the K’iche’, a Mayan tribe inhabiting modern-day Guatemala …

1,000-year-old ‘lost’ pyramid city in the heart of Mexico was as densely built as Manhattan Archaeology might evoke thoughts of intrepid explorers and painstaking digging, but in fact, researchers say it is a high-tech laser mapping technique that is rewriting the textbooks at an unprecedented rate. The approach, known as light detection and ranging scanning …

15-year-old boy discovers lost ancient Mayan city A 15-year-old school student from Quebec, Canada, William Gadoury discovered something that archaeologists have been covering for centuries-a nearly abandoned Mayan civilization settlement, hidden deep within the Yucatan jungle of Southeastern Mexico. He didn’t do it by hiring a bunch of expensive equipment, hopping on a plane, and …