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 … Continue reading OU archaeologists uncover buried building in the ancient Mexican city →

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 shot the tallest. The title goes to the Great Pyramid of Cholula, an ancient temple of the Aztecs in Puebla, Mexico, with a … Continue reading The giant pyramid is hidden inside a mountain →

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 associate professor of anthropology at Brandeis University, Charles Golden, … Continue reading Long-lost Maya capital discovered in a backyard in Mexico →

Found: The Oldest and Largest Maya Structure in Mexico The oldest and largest Maya monumental structure on record has just been discovered after scientists shot 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 … Continue reading Found: The Oldest and Largest Maya Structure in Mexico →

The Rome of America: What Lies Under Teotihuacan? – The Real City of the Gods It was a Massive, one of the first great cities of the Western Hemisphere. And its origins are a mystery. It was built by hand more than a thousand years before the swooping arrival of the Nahuatl-speaking Aztec in central Mexico. But it … Continue reading The Rome of America: What Lies Under Teotihuacan? – The Real City of the Gods →

Mysterious Secret Tunnel Discovered Under Ancient Pyramid in Mexico Hidden passage 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 massive temple located in the ancient city of Teotihuacán, near … Continue reading Mysterious Secret Tunnel Discovered Under Ancient Pyramid in Mexico →

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 … Continue reading The 290 Million Year Old Fossil Human Footprint →

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 … Continue reading Ancient Maya Worshipped ‘Batman God’ 2,500 Years Ago →

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 … Continue reading 1,000-year-old ‘lost’ pyramid city in the heart of Mexico was as densely built as Manhattan →