Archaeologists Discover More Than 200-Year-Old Shipwreck In Mexico’s Caribbean. QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO— BBC reports that an eight-foot cannon, anchor, and pig-iron ingots thought to have been used as a ship’s ballast were spotted by a fisherman in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of southern Mexico. The wreckage rests in shallow waters and rough ocean currents … Continue reading Archaeologists Discover More Than 200-Year-Old Shipwreck In Mexico’s Caribbean →

Skeletons of over 60 mammoths found under-construction site of future Mexico airport In the future airport of the city, a team of archeologists working near Mexico City has discovered the remains of more than 60 mammoths. The bone fragments found at the proposed construction site of the Felipe Angeles International Airport date back some 15,000 years, … Continue reading Skeletons of over 60 mammoths found under-construction site of future Mexico airport →

Scientists find evidence of fires built in Yucatán cave 10,000 years ago In Mexico the oldest traces of charcoal ever discovered is found in a cenote of the Yucatán Peninsula. Recent archeological evidence from tests of burnt charcoal has shown that the first inhabitants on the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico constructed bonfires in the cave … Continue reading Scientists find evidence of fires built in Yucatán cave 10,000 years ago →

1,600-Year-Old Elongated Skull with Stone-Encrusted Teeth Found in Mexico Ruins The 1600-year-old skeleton of an upper-class woman whose skull was purposely deformed and teeth encrusted with mineral stones was found by archeologists near ancient Teotihuacan ruins of Mexico. When she died, between the ages of 35 and 40, the woman was buried with 19 jars that … Continue reading 1,600-Year-Old Elongated Skull with Stone-Encrusted Teeth Found in Mexico Ruins →

Studies of bodies buried 500 years ago in Mexico reveal stories of 3 African slaves The men excavating a new metro line in central Mexico City stumbled on a long-lost cemetery in the late 1980s. Documents showed it had once been connected to a colonial hospital built between 1529 and 1531—only about 10 years after … Continue reading Studies of bodies buried 500 years ago in Mexico reveal stories of 3 African slaves →

Postclassic Period Maya Village Discovered in Mexico In between the Mangroves and the Forest, experts from the Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) documented the Post-Classic Mayan Pre-Hispanic Settlement (1200-1546 AD), which represents the first of that era detected in the locality on the eastern coast of the Yucatan peninsula. The ancient village named by … Continue reading Postclassic Period Maya Village Discovered in Mexico →

Cave Full of Untouched Maya Artifacts Found at Chichén Itzá In Mexico, archeologists found some 200 Mayan artifacts that seem to have been untouched for 1,000 years. In a cave of ruins in the ancient Mayan City of Chichen Itza on the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico, objects were discovered. The discovery has been revealed at a … Continue reading Cave Full of Untouched Maya Artifacts Found at Chichén Itzá →

Ancient Maya kingdom with pyramid discovered in southern Mexico Since exploring for over a quarter of a century, archeologists have at last discovered the site of Sak Tz’i, a Maya kingdom that’s referenced in sculptures and inscriptions from across the ancient Maya world. But it wasn’t archaeologists who made the find. A local man discovered … Continue reading Ancient Maya kingdom with pyramid discovered in southern Mexico →

An ancient crystal skull was found many years ago in an archeological site in Southern Mexico. A crystal skull was discovered in an archeological site called Monte Alban in Southern Mexico a number of years ago called Pancho. The location where he was found was once populated by the Zapotec people. In the Valley of Oaxaca … Continue reading An ancient crystal skull was found many years ago in an archeological site in Southern Mexico →