Nine large causeways and a series of reservoirs were linked to the structure. Some parts of the rural Aguada Fenix site today are covered with cattle ranches. Other parts are wooded. Scientists using an aerial remote-sensing method have discovered the …
By Laura Geggel – Associate Editor Researchers have found a “graveyard” of about 60 mammoths ahead of the construction of an airport just outside Mexico City, according to the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) in Mexico. In addition to the ice …
BY WENDY BOWMAN MAY 18, 2020 Also called the Mexican hairless dog, the xoloitzcuintli (pronounced “show-low-itz-QUEENT-ly,” and called “xolo” for short) carries a storied history that goes back 3,500 years to the pre-Columbian era — before Italian explorer Christopher Columbus colonized the Americas in the early …
A new study tracks how the ancient civilization used animals for food, ritual purposes and even as curiosities By Riley BlackSMITHSONIANMAG.COMMAY 13, 2020 The jungle isn’t kind to bones. Acidic soils and warm temperatures often accelerate the rate of decay compared …
By Elizabeth Pennisi May. 7, 2020 , 12:00 PM Some of the world’s more famous and closely examined archaeological sites pepper the hillsides of the Central Andes, documenting an invention of farming and the rise and fall of powerful civilizations such …
The Mayan city in today’s Mexico has mysterious origins. BY KELLY HEARN IT WAS MASSIVE, one of the first great cities of the Western Hemisphere. And its origins are a mystery. It was built by hand more than a thousand years before …
Contributed by Elizabeth Rayne@quothravenrayneMar 14, 2020 Imagine finding out you’ve been living on the ruins of what was once a powerful ancient city. That happened. The Mayan kingdom of Sak Tz’i’ was thought to be forever lost somewhere in Mexico—until it surfaced …
Dubbed the “white road” in honor of its limestone paving, the 62-mile path is an engineering marvel on par with Maya pyramids By Theresa MachemerSMITHSONIANMAG.COMMARCH 6, 2020 When Lady K’awiil Ajaw, warrior queen of the Maya city of Cobá, needed to show …
Maya: The Exhibition” displays more than 300 artifacts to reveal the daily life, religion, politics and innovations of the Maya BY CITYBEAT STAFF MAR 2, 2020 3 PM The mysteries of the Maya will unfold at the Cincinnati Museum Center by …
Peru unveiled a priceless manuscript containing the memoirs of former Inca leaders that had disappeared during Chile’s occupation of Lima during the 1879–1884 War of the Pacific. The manuscript, “Memories of the Peruvian Monarchy or Outline of the Inca’s History,” was written in the 1830s by Justo Sahuaraura …
