MEXICO CITY.- Archaeo-zoology studies applied to skeletons of canidae found in burials at the Moon Pyramid and the Quetzalcoatl Temple revealed they practiced hybridization between dogs and wolves. Parting from archaeo-zoology studies applied to canida…
Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Announces Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy as New Curator of Contemporary Art
NEW YORK, NY.- Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, Director of the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC) announce the appointment of Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy as Curator of Contemporary Art. Starting in January 2011, she will join the CPPC’s team a…
Mexican Archaeologists Say Tonina Ballgame Court may Be the One Described in Popol Vuh
MEXICO CITY.- The recent finding of 2 sculptures with the shape of a serpent’s head that 1,500 years ago were part of the Ballgame at the Maya city of Tonina, Chiapas today, were found by archaeologists of the National Institute of Anthropology an…
Mexican Archaeologists Report Finding Prehispanic Objects at Nevado de Toluca
MEXICO CITY.- Diverse Prehispanic objects, mainly ceramic fragments and greenstone beads, 1,300 years old, were found in the crater of Nevado de Toluca Volcano, Estado de Mexico, by researchers from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (I…
Mexican Archaeologists Report Finding Prehispanic Objects at Nevado de Toluca
MEXICO CITY.- Diverse Prehispanic objects, mainly ceramic fragments and greenstone beads, 1,300 years old, were found in the crater of Nevado de Toluca Volcano, Estado de Mexico, by researchers from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (I…
Mexican Archaeologists Report New Findings at Nevado de Toluca
MEXICO CITY.- Diverse Prehispanic objects, mainly ceramic fragments and greenstone beads, 1,300 years old, were found in the crater of Nevado de Toluca Volcano, Estado de Mexico, by researchers from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (I…
Archaeologists Discover Two More Human Skeletons Accompanied by a Rich Offering
MEXICO CITY.- After discovering a 2,700 year old tomb, probably the earliest in Mesoamerica, the team of specialists of the Chiapa de Corzo Archaeological Project discovered another multiple burial that probably dates from 500 BC, which was accompanied…
Archaeologists Discover Two More Human Skeletons Accompanied by a Rich Offering at Chiapa de Corzo
MEXICO CITY.- After discovering a 2,700 year old tomb, probably the earliest in Mesoamerica, the team of specialists of the Chiapa de Corzo Archaeological Project discovered another multiple burial that probably dates from 500 BC, which was accompanied…
Archaeologists Discover Two More Human Skeletons Accompanied by a Rich Offering at Chiapa de Corzo
MEXICO CITY.- After discovering a 2,700 year old tomb, probably the earliest in Mesoamerica, the team of specialists of the Chiapa de Corzo Archaeological Project discovered another multiple burial that probably dates from 500 BC, which was accompanied…
Drawings and Sketches that Reflect Mexico’s Independence Period Published
MEXICO CITY.- The artistic collection of the colonel and draughtsman Theubet de Beauchamp that shows costumbrista scenes of Mexican society between 1810 and 1827, as well as important moments of the Independence, such as the coronation of Iturbide as …