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Ancient Bones Reveal What Smaller Maya Communities Actually Ate
Stable isotope analysis of bones from non-elite burials across smaller Maya sites in Guatemala's southeastern Peten…
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The Indigenous Settlements That Stayed After Spain Arrived
Archaeology
The Indigenous Settlements That Stayed After Spain Arrived
INAH archaeologists surveying a highway route in Guerrero, Mexico identified two settlements, Camutla and Sacualpan, that…
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Yatzil: A Young Woman Found Deep in a Mexican Cenote
Archaeology
Yatzil: A Young Woman Found Deep in a Mexican Cenote
Technical divers descending into Cenote Yaakun near Playa del Carmen, Mexico, passed through a hydrogen sulphide…
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Minanbé: Intact Maya City Found in Mexico’s Jungle
Archaeology
Minanbé: Intact Maya City Found in Mexico’s Jungle
Deep in Mexico's Calakmul jungle, a Mexican-Slovenian team has uncovered Minanbé, an intact Maya city untouched…
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An Unknown Culture Left a Giant Carving in Veracruz. Nobody Knows Who Made It.
Archaeology
An Unknown Culture Left a Giant Carving in Veracruz. Nobody Knows Who Made It.
INAH archaeologists excavating a residential development in Coatepec, Veracruz have uncovered a 1,400-year-old ceremonial complex with…
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Inca Child Mummies on Llullaillaco Were Sacrificed to Anchor Imperial Power in 1499
Archaeology
Inca Child Mummies on Llullaillaco Were Sacrificed to Anchor Imperial Power in 1499
A new study dating plant seeds buried with the Llullaillaco Maiden has narrowed the famous capacocha…
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Eleven Dots on a Broken Clay Head May Be Mesoamerica’s Oldest Numbers
Archaeology
Eleven Dots on a Broken Clay Head May Be Mesoamerica’s Oldest Numbers
A fragmentary clay figurine from La Blanca, Guatemala, dated to 750-650 BCE, carries eleven impressed dots…
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Oldest Maya Long Count Date Found: How a Crumbling Stone Rewrites Maya History
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Oldest Maya Long Count Date Found: How a Crumbling Stone Rewrites Maya History
A crumbling stone monument at El Palmar in Campeche, Mexico, has yielded the oldest known Long…
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2,200-Year-Old Zapotec Lunar Calendar Decoded at Monte Alban
Archaeology
2,200-Year-Old Zapotec Lunar Calendar Decoded at Monte Alban
Researchers have decoded Glyph W, a recurring symbol in Zapotec inscriptions at Monte Alban, revealing it…
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How the Maya Thrived in Wetlands After Their Cities Fell
Archaeology
How the Maya Thrived in Wetlands After Their Cities Fell
A new PNAS study reveals that a Maya community at the Birds of Paradise wetland complex…
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Sacred Plants and Ritual Drugs in Ancient Maya Culture
Archaeology
Sacred Plants and Ritual Drugs in Ancient Maya Culture
The ancient Maya embedded psychoactive plants including tobacco, morning glory seeds, Datura, and fermented balché into…
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Eight Burials Found in 1,700-Year-Old Tomb at Tula, Mexico
Archaeology
Eight Burials Found in 1,700-Year-Old Tomb at Tula, Mexico
Archaeologists in Tula, Mexico have uncovered eight burials and 47 ceramic vessels inside a 1,700-year-old shaft…
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Unearthing the Divine: A Thousand Year Old Maize God Discovered in Tlaxcala
Archaeology
Unearthing the Divine: A Thousand Year Old Maize God Discovered in Tlaxcala
A remarkable stone sculpture of the ancient Maize God has been unearthed in Tlaxcala, Mexico, revealing…
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The Hidden Jade Cavity: What an Ancient Molar Reveals About Maya Medicine
Archaeology
The Hidden Jade Cavity: What an Ancient Molar Reveals About Maya Medicine
A recent study reveals the first evidence of a functional jade gemstone filling in an ancient…
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The Stones That Track the Sun: Equinoctial Alignments Confirmed at Ancient Cuicuilco
Archaeology
The Stones That Track the Sun: Equinoctial Alignments Confirmed at Ancient Cuicuilco
Archaeologists have finally confirmed ancient and contemporary equinoctial alignments at Cuicuilco, revealing a profound mastery of…
Andrew Whitman4 min →
The 3,000-Year-Old Cosmic Map: How the Ancient Maya Built the Universe on Earth
Archaeology
The 3,000-Year-Old Cosmic Map: How the Ancient Maya Built the Universe on Earth
Archaeologists in Mexico have uncovered Aguada Fenix, a 3,000-year-old Maya site designed as a massive map…
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Maya Palace Complex Discovery: Insights into Ancient Political and Religious Life
Archaeology
Maya Palace Complex Discovery: Insights into Ancient Political and Religious Life
Maya Palace Complex Discovery: Insights into Ancient Political and Religious Life Introduction Deep in the heart…
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