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 …
Catholic Temples Built on Teocallis Give Account of Prehispanic Urban Planning
MEXICO CITY.- During the Conquest period between 1524 and 1529, Spaniards constructed 68 churches on sacred Prehispanic buildings of Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco. 20 of these structures raised to develop the evangelization work among Mexica people, are …
Bas-Relief of a Sacred Character Discovered by Mexican Archaeologists at El Tajin
MEXICO CITY.- A fragment of a sculptural tableau that represents a character with 2 left arms, which might have been attached 1,100 years ago to the façade of the Niches Pyramid, was discovered by researchers of the National Institute of Anthropology …
Bas-Relief of a Sacred Character Discovered by Mexican Archaeologists at El Tajin
MEXICO CITY.- A fragment of a sculptural tableau that represents a character with 2 left arms, which might have been attached 1,100 years ago to the façade of the Niches Pyramid, was discovered by researchers of the National Institute of Anthropology …
INAH’s Exhibition "Teotihuacan City of Gods" has Been Visited by 350,000 Europeans
MEXICO CITY.- The greatest exhibition ever mounted regarding Teotihuacan continues being popular in Europe: more than 350,000 persons have admired it in museums of France, Switzerland, Germany and Italy, and in March 2011 it will continue visiting the …
INAH’s Exhibition "Teotihuacan City of Gods" has Been Visited by 350,000 Europeans
MEXICO CITY.- The greatest exhibition ever mounted regarding Teotihuacan continues being popular in Europe: more than 350,000 persons have admired it in museums of France, Switzerland, Germany and Italy, and in March 2011 it will continue visiting the …
An Unknown Son of Pakal II of Palenque has Been Identified by Mexican Archaeologists
MEXICO CITY.- Parting from the reintegration of two fragments from the Northern Tableau of the Temple of the Sun Sanctuary, in Palenque, a new lecture of the glyphic text was conducted in which the name of another son of Pakal II, unknown until now, ma…
An Unknown Son of Pakal II of Palenque has Been Identified by Mexican Archaeologists
MEXICO CITY.- Parting from the reintegration of two fragments from the Northern Tableau of the Temple of the Sun Sanctuary, in Palenque, a new lecture of the glyphic text was conducted in which the name of another son of Pakal II, unknown until now, ma…
Thousands of Historical Mexican Photographs Now Part of an Electronic Catalogue
MEXICO CITY.- More than half of the 900,000 historical images safeguarded by the INAH National Photographic Library are available to general public worldwide thanks to a new electronic catalogue available on the Internet. Images from the most important…
Thousands of Historical Mexican Photographs Now Part of an Electronic Catalogue
MEXICO CITY.- More than half of the 900,000 historical images safeguarded by the INAH National Photographic Library are available to general public worldwide thanks to a new electronic catalogue available on the Internet. Images from the most important…