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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government has acknowledged that at least two well-known Mayan ruin sites are unreachable by visitors because of a toxic mix of cartel violence and land disputes. The explosion of drug cartel violence in Chiapas since last year has left the Yaxchilán ruin site completely cut off, the government conceded Friday. They say that to get to yet another archaeological site, Lagartero, travelers are forced to hand over identification and cellphones at cartel checkpoints. Though no tourist has been harmed so far, and the government claims the sites are safe, many guides no longer take tour groups there. The guide said the ruin sites have the added disadvantage of being in jungle areas where the cartels have carved out at least four clandestine landing strips to fly drugs in from South America.

Persons: —, “ It’s, ”, Andrés Manuel López, “, López Obrador, Mexico — Organizations: MEXICO CITY, “, National Institute of Anthropology, Central Americans, National Guard Locations: MEXICO, Chiapas, Guatemala, Tonina, Gaza, Lagartero, Mexico, Palenque, Frontera Comalapa, Darien, South America, Central America, U.S, Cuba, Asia, Africa, Sinaloa, Jalisco

☆ Ancient Maya grave found in Mexico as tourist rail project advances
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Carolina Pulice | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The rail project, known as the Maya Train, is a top economic development priority of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. It employs teams of relatively well-funded archaeologists who have rushed to complete excavations so the construction work will not be delayed. They likely pertain to an elite resident of the city, known by the ancient Maya as Lakamha'. Scholars credit the ancient Maya with major human achievements in art, architecture, astronomy and writing. Palenque, like dozens of other ancient cities clustered around southern Mexico and parts of Central America, thrived from around 300-900 AD.

Persons: INAH, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Carolina Pulice, David Alire Garcia, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology, MEXICO CITY, Thomson Locations: Palenque, MEXICO, Mexico, Cancun, Tulum, Chiapas, Central America

☆ Ancient Maya Grave Found in Mexico as Tourist Rail Project Advances
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

Persons: INAH, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Carolina Pulice, David Alire Garcia, David Gregorio Organizations: MEXICO CITY Locations: Carolina, MEXICO, Mexico, Cancun, Tulum, Palenque, Chiapas, Central America

☆ Archaeologists unearth ancient Mayan nose jewelry at dig site in Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Claire Voon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. (CNN) — Archaeologists working in the ruins of Palenque, an ancient city in the southeastern Mexican state of Chiapas, have found a centuries-old, intricately carved Mayan nose ornament made of human bone. The central figure is a Mayan man, shown in profile wearing a headdress and a beaded necklace, and with the Mayan glyph for “darkness” on his arm. The bone was buried in what archaeologists believe was a ritual deposit, interred between 600CE and 850CE to commemorate the completion of a building. When worn, the ornament would have sat on the bridge of the nose, creating a continuous line from the forehead to the tip of the nose.

Persons: K, Arnoldo González Cruz, González Cruz, Janaab Pakal, Read Organizations: The Art, CNN, —, National Institute of Anthropology, of, Unesco Locations: Palenque, Mexican, Chiapas, of Palenque, 600CE

CNN —Archaeologists have uncovered a 1,500-year-old Teotihuacan village in Mexico City, complete with large concentrations of ceramics and three human burials, Mexico’s National Institute of History and Anthropology has announced. The bodies of one child and two adults were discovered alongside a series of polished bowls with a ring-shaped base in the Teotihuacan style. Using ceramic evidence, experts dated the village to around 450-650, around the same date as the height of Teotihuacan influence. Excavations revealed that the settlement sustained the production of ceramics. Due to the presence of such artifacts, archaeologists believe that the rural village must have had trade links with other Teotihuacan settlements on the shore of Lake Texcoco.

Persons: Francisco González Rul, “, Juan Carlos Campos Varela, Mara Abigail Becerra Amezcua, González Rul, Juan Campos, ” Campos Varela, Becerra Amezcua Organizations: CNN —, National Institute of History, Mexico City Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, Lake Texcoco –, Lake Texcoco

☆ Ancient preserved flamingo egg found in Mexico during airport construction
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A view shows a part of an ancient flamingo fossil egg between 8,000 and 12,000 years old was uncovered at a busy construction at the new Felipe Angeles airport, in Zumpango, in the State of Mexico, Mexico, in this photo released and distributed on August 3, 2023 by Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH)/Handout via... Read moreMEXICO CITY, Aug 3 (Reuters) - An ancient flamingo fossil egg between 8,000 and 12,000 years old was uncovered at a busy construction site for a new airport in Mexico, officials from the Latin American country said. The remarkably preserved egg from the Pleistocene period is incredibly rare. The Pleistocene geological epoch, the most recent Ice Age, began 2.6 million years ago and ended around 11,700 years ago. The flamingo egg fossil was found at a depth of 31 centimeters (1 foot) amid clay and shale during construction at the new Felipe Angeles airport in the State of Mexico, INAH said. The fossil egg implies that the area was the site of a shallow lake between 8,000 and 33,000 years ago, according to Mexican scientists, and that flamingos once thrived in central Mexico.

Persons: Felipe, INAH, Cassandra Garrison, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology, Read, MEXICO CITY, Thomson Locations: Zumpango, State of Mexico, Mexico, MEXICO, Americas, South America, Caribbean, Yucatan, United States

☆ Ancient Maya city discovered in Mexican jungle
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The city includes large pyramid-like buildings, stone columns, three plazas with "imposing buildings" and other structures arranged in almost-concentric circles, the INAH institute said. INAH said the city, which it has named Ocomtun - meaning "stone column" in the Yucatec Maya language - would have been an important center for the peninsula's central lowland region between 250 and 1000 AD. It is located in the Balamku ecological reserve on the country's Yucatan Peninsula and was discovered during a search of a largely unexplored stretch of jungle larger than Luxembourg. The Maya civilization, known for its advanced mathematical calendars, spanned southeast Mexico and parts of Central America. Pre-Hispanic ball games, widespread throughout the Maya region, consist of passing a rubber ball representing the sun across a court without the use of hands and getting it through a small stone hoop.

Persons: INAH, Ivan Sprajc, Sprajc, Sarah Morland, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology, Mexico's, Read, MEXICO CITY, Central America, Thomson Locations: Campeche, Mexico, MEXICO, Yucatan, Luxembourg, Central

☆ At Mexico's Chichen Itza, archaeologists discover Mayan scoreboard
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Mexican archaeologists found a circular-shaped Mayan scoreboard used for a ball game at Chichen Itza's archaeological site, Mexican Anthropology and History Institute (INAH), in this handout picture released on April 10, 2023. INAH/Handout via REUTERSMEXICO CITY, April 11 (Reuters) - A stone scoreboard used in an ancient soccer-like ball game has been discovered at the famed Mayan Chichen Itza archaeological site in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, archaeologists said this week. "In this Mayan site, it is rare to find hieroglyphic writing, let alone a complete text," said Francisco Perez, one of the archaeologists coordinating the investigations in the Chichanchob complex, also called Casa Colorada. The ball game was a traditional practice of Mesoamerican peoples and is believed to have had ritual undertones. The Chichen Itza complex, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, is one of the main archaeological centers of the Mayan civilization in the Yucatan Peninsula.

☆ Ancient bodies found in Mexico City show shared Catholic, pre-Hispanic graves
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History/Handout via REUTERSMEXICO CITY, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The remains of 28 human bodies buried at least four hundred years ago in Mexico indicate the comingling of pre-Hispanic and Catholic cultures that Spanish colonizers introduced, local researchers told Reuters. The discovery took place during the construction of a scenic pavilion in Mexico City's Chapultepec park in February, when researchers stumbled across a cemetery from the early viceregal period of 1521 to 1620 AD. Maria de Lourdes Lopez Camacho, the head of archeological salvage and National History Museum, said what is most striking is that, although the bodies originate from distinct populations, they were buried in the same period. Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) led the study. Reporting by Carlos Carillo; Writing by Carolina Pulice; Editing by Josie KaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ At Mexico's Chichen Itza site, researchers discover ancient 'elite' residences
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( Lorenzo Hernandez | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] A general view of "Casa de La Luna" during a media tour to Chichen Viejo at the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, in Piste, Mexico February 10, 2023. Archaeologist Francisco Perez Ruiz said there were no known residential groups in Chichen Itza, meaning the housing complex would represent "the first residential group where a ruler lived with his entire family." The area, known as Chichen Viejo, is expected to be integrated in the near future into the visitor area of the Chichen Itza archaeological site, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. "There must be more residential groups that have not been explored yet. Around 2 million people visit Chichen Itza site in southeast Mexico each year, according to official data.

☆ In Mexico, ancient Zapotec tombs reveal colorful murals depicting war
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( David Alire Garcia | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History/Handout via REUTERSMEXICO CITY, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Brightly-painted Zapotec murals invoking warfare recently unearthed from tombs in southern Mexico may date back nearly 2,000 years, officials said late on Wednesday of the find that sheds new light on the ancient civilization's funerary rites. Some of the latest murals were partially reconstructed from fragments originally found on the tomb floors, according to INAH. Two of the tombs were found completely intact, with further study of the human remains expected. In one crypt, some 240 objects were found, including stucco pieces with Zapotec writing, INAH said. The Zapotecs were contemporaries of the ancient Maya, with both cultures known for their elaborate writing, among the world's first-ever literary traditions.

☆ Netherlands returns over 200 pre-Hispanic artifacts to Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MEXICO CITY, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The Netherlands has returned 223 pre-Hispanic archaeological pieces to Mexico, Mexico's foreign ministry said on Thursday, as it looks to recover more of its cultural heritage held in foreign collections. The returns were the result of "active cooperation" between the two countries and showed a commitment to restore historical and cultural objects to their place of origin, the ministry said. The INAH this week denounced a Paris auction that included Mexican objects valued in the thousands or tens of thousands of euros. The Netherlands this year returned a collection of 343 pre-Hispanic era ceramics to Panama. Culture ministers from around the world have pledged to boost efforts to return stolen and illegally traded artifacts to countries of origin.

[1/3] A graphic illustrating new details, uncovered using LiDAR laser technology, of the ancient Mayan city of Calakmul, Mexico, in this undated handout image. Proyecto Arqueologico Bajo Laberinto/INAH/Handout via REUTERSMEXICO CITY, Oct 27 (Reuters) - A laser-powered study of the sprawling metropolis of Calakmul in southern Mexico offers tantalizing new evidence that it may have been the most crowded ancient Maya urban center during the civilization's classical peak some 1,300 years ago. The new LIDAR study announced late Wednesday by Mexican antiquities institute INAH covers the jungle-covered ruins of once-mighty Calakmul, located in the central lowlands of the Yucatan peninsula near the Guatemalan border. Reese-Taylor noted the new preliminary maps of the barely three-month old data show extensive residential apartment complexes clustered around temples and possible markets. Previous estimates suggested the city's population likely reached some 50,000 inhabitants, but the new study could force a recalculation.

☆ In Mexico, a 1,000-year-old site is declared an ancient monument, the first in a decade
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

MEXICO CITY — An ancient Mexican site more than 1,000 years old has been declared the country’s first archaeological zone in a decade, antiquities institute INAH announced on Tuesday, despite several years of steep budget cuts for archeological research. Cañada de la Virgen, the modern name of an ancient Otomi ceremonial center, is located near the picturesque mountain town and tourist destination of San Miguel de Allende. Scholars believe an ancient version of the Otomi language, which is still spoken today, may have been the language spoken at Teotihuacán, the ancient metropolis near Mexico City and home to towering pyramids and temples. A stone pyramid at an ancient Otomi ceremonial center in Guanajuato, Mexico. INAH added that past archaeological digs at Cañada de la Virgen have revealed artifacts from both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, suggesting it was located along a major trading route.

☆ Mexico declares Otomi site first ancient monument in a decade
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Sarah Morland | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A view of the pre-Hispanic site of Canada de la Virgen, Guanajuato, Mexico, in this undated handout photo. Cañada de la Virgen, the modern name of an ancient Otomi ceremonial center, is located near the picturesque mountain town and tourist destination of San Miguel de Allende. Scholars believe an ancient version of the Otomi language, which is still spoken today, may have been the language spoken at Teotihuacan, the ancient metropolis near Mexico City and home to towering pyramids and temples. INAH added that past archaeological digs at Cañada de la Virgen have revealed artifacts from both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, suggesting it was located along a major trading route. The president argues the project will promote development in Mexico's poorer south while minimizing harm to the environment.

☆ В Мексике выявили новые виды динозавров, отпугивающих врагов сильными криками
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-15 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Палеонтологи определили новый вид динозавров после того, как образец, сделанный около 73 миллионов лет назад, был обнаружен в северной Мексике, сообщил Национальный институт антропологии и истории страны (INAH)Ученые заявили, что условия, в которых был найден динозавр, объясняют его сохранность. Его хвост был впервые обнаружен в 2013 году в районе Генерал Сепеда на севере штата Коауила. По мере продолжения раскопок ученые в конечном итоге обнаружили 80 процентов его черепа, а также 1,32-метровый гребень и кости, такие как бедро и плечо, что позволило исследователям наконец осознать в этом году, что в их руках появился новый вид динозавров. Палеонтологи также считают, что динозавры «издавали сильные звуки, чтобы отпугивать хищников или в репродуктивных целях». Открытие все еще расследуется, но исследования древних рептилий уже были опубликованы в научном журнале Cretaceous Research.

Persons: Tlatolophus galorum Organizations: Research, Национальный институт антропологии и истории страны () Locations: Мексика, Генерал Сепеда, Коауила

☆ Noi secțiuni dintr-un turn aztec al craniilor au fost descoperite de arheologii din Mexic
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-17 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Turnul a fost descoperit în 2015 în timpul lucrărilor de restaurare a unei clădiri din capitala Mexicului. Experții cred că turnul face parte dintr-un templu destinat zeului aztec al Soarelui, războiului și sacrificiului uman. Cunoscut drept Huey Tzompantli, turnul plin de cranii era situat cândva într-un colț al paraclisului lui Huitzilopochtli, protectorul capitalei aztece Tenochtitlan. Una dintre cele mai impresionante descoperiri arheologice din MexicImperiul lor a fost înlăturat de către invadatorii conduși de conchistadorul Hernán Cortés, care a capturat Tenochtitlan în 1521. O structură similară celei din Huey Tzompantli a înspăimântat soldații care îl însoțeau pe conchistador atunci când au invadat orașul.

Persons: Huitzilopochtli, conchistadorul Hernán Cortés, Arheologii, Raul Barrera Organizations: Aztecii, Metropolitane, Superior, Culturii, BBC Locations: Mexicului, Tenochtitlan, Mexic, Ciudad de México, Imperiul Aztec

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