ACAPULCO.- Four kilometers away from Zihuatanejo-Acapulco highway, at Costa Grande Region in Guerrero, is located the Xihuacan Site Museum, recently inaugurated. More than 800 archaeological pieces are exhibited, most of them of Teotihuacan style, foun…
New Museum in the Mexican State of Guerrero Exhibits Teotihuacan Style Objects
ACAPULCO.- Four kilometers away from Zihuatanejo-Acapulco highway, at Costa Grande Region in Guerrero, is located the Xihuacan Site Museum, recently inaugurated. More than 800 archaeological pieces are exhibited, most of them of Teotihuacan style, foun…
Power Structure at El Tajin Revealed: City was Not Governed by One Single Person
MEXICO CITY.- New hypotheses about the last stage and government of El Tajin civilization point out to a rule that was not exclusive of one person but of several, as announced in a conference series organized by the National Institute of Anthropology a…
Zapoteca and Mixteca Art Together for the First Time at the National Museum of Anthropology
MEXICO CITY.- The Bat God Mask, golden objects from Tomb 7 in Monte Alban, Atzompa ceremonial vases, and the model of a mortuary rite, are part of the great exhibition Six Ancient Cities of Mesoamerica in the National Museum of Anthropology (MNA) that …
Great Mexica Monoliths Now Available in High Definition and in Detail on the Internet
MEXICO CITY.- INAH’s web page now offers details of 3 emblematic Mexica sculptures: Coyolxauhqui, Tlaltecuhtli and the Sun Stone (Piedra del Sol) can be admired on-line in an interactive site created by the National Institute of Anthropology and H…
Archaeologists from INAH Conduct Research at Hoyo Negro Flooded Cave in Quintana Roo
MEXICO CITY.- The finding of a human skull and bones of Prehistoric mega fauna, among them a gomphothere, in a flooded cave at the Peninsula of Yucatan, motivated the implementation of the interdisciplinary research project coordinated by the National …
Archaeologists from INAH Conduct Research at Hoyo Negro Flooded Cave in Quintana Roo
MEXICO CITY.- The finding of a human skull and bones of Prehistoric mega fauna, among them a gomphothere, in a flooded cave at the Peninsula of Yucatan, motivated the implementation of the interdisciplinary research project coordinated by the National …
El Tajin Columns to Be Exhibited for the First Time at National Museum of Anthropology
MEXICO CITY.- Shafts of the pilasters at the Building of the Columns, where one of the most enigmatic moments of El Tajin history is carved in bas-relief, will gather for the first time at the National Museum of Anthropology (MNA) in the great exhibiti…
El Tajin Columns to Be Exhibited for the First Time at National Museum of Anthropology
MEXICO CITY.- Shafts of the pilasters at the Building of the Columns, where one of the most enigmatic moments of El Tajin history is carved in bas-relief, will gather for the first time at the National Museum of Anthropology (MNA) in the great exhibiti…
Prehispanic Wooden Lintels Recovered at Tlatelolco to be Shown for the First Time
MEXICO CITY.- Three wooden lintels of an age determined between 500 and 800 years, part of temples that might have been seen by Hernan Cortes when arriving to Tlatelolco, will be displayed publicly after being restored by specialists from the National …