LONDON.- Situated around 800 miles west of Acapulco, Clipperton (or as the French style it, Ile de la Passion) is an abandoned island with a strange history, a unique biosphere and an obscure lagoon filled with ancient marine life. Later this year an e…
INAH Researchers Find 8 Camps Occupied by Nomadic Groups, Some of Them, 8,000 Years Ago
MEXICO CITY.- Eight archaeological sites, some of them occupied 8,000 years ago by nomadic groups, were discovered by archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) in the municipality of Ensenada, Baja California. Lithic…
Mexican Archaeologists Permanently Place Stone Slab of Maya Ruler Pakal on Sarcophagus
MEXICO CITY.- More than 1,300 years after an entourage accompanied the mortal remains of the Maya ruler K’inich Janaab’ Pakal into the crypt at Temple of the Inscriptions, in the ancient city of Palenque, experts from the National Institute o…
Finding Would Reveal Contact between Humans and Gomphotheres in North America
MEXICO CITY.- Mexican Archaeologists discovered 3 Clovis projectile heads associated to remains of gomphotheres with an age of at least 12,000 years, in the northern region of the Mexican state of Sonora. The finding is relevant because these are the f…
Finding Would Reveal Contact between Humans and Gomphotheres in North America
MEXICO CITY.- Mexican Archaeologists discovered 3 Clovis projectile heads associated to remains of gomphotheres with an age of at least 12,000 years, in the northern region of the Mexican state of Sonora. The finding is relevant because these are the f…
Pilar Luna, Pioneer of Mexican Underwater Archaeology, Given J.C. Harrington Award
MEXICO CITY.- As an acknowledgement to her 30-year trajectory, devoted to research and preservation of the submerged cultural heritage, archaeologist Pilar Luna Erreguerena, pioneer of Underwater Archaeology in Mexico, was awarded with the J.C. Harring…
Pilar Luna, Pioneer of Mexican Underwater Archeology, Given J.C. Harrington Award
MEXICO CITY.- As an acknowledgement to her 30-year trajectory, devoted to research and preservation of the submerged cultural heritage, archaeologist Pilar Luna Erreguerena, pioneer of Underwater Archaeology in Mexico, was awarded with the J.C. Harring…
Mexico’s Government Negotiates the Temporary Return of Moctezuma’s Headdress
MEXICO CITY.- Negotiations conducted for 3 years by the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) and the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) before the Austrian Government, are about to reach a historical agreement that would bring M…
Pyramid that Contains Maya Tomb at Palenque Archaeological Zone Restored
MEXICO CITY.- The pyramidal building known as Temple 20 at Palenque Archaeological Zone, in Chiapas, where the existence of a funerary chamber that contains the remains of a high rank character has been confirmed, is being reinforced and restored by sp…
Skeletons and Architectural Vestiges Reveal an Occupation that Dates from 1,500 BC
MEXICO CITY.- Prehispanic ceramics, human skeletons and vestiges of dwelling and ceremonial areas are part of findings registered by archaeologists throughout a decade of explorations at Tepoztlan, Morelos; this discovering reveals that the site had an…