A Turquoise Mosaic Skull Spent 60 Years in Europe. Researchers Now Want to Know Who He Was
A human skull covered with turquoise, shell, jadeite and rock crystal spent six decades in a museum in the Netherlands. Now back in Mexico, it…
Mesoamerica
A 2,700-Year-Old Figurine from Guatemala May Preserve Mesoamerica’s Earliest Numbers
Mesoamerica’s earliest numbers may have survived on something far smaller than a monument. A fragmentary ceramic figurine found at La Blanca, on Guatemala’s Pacific coast,…
Archaeologists Find Teotihuacan-Era Tombs and 47 Miniature Vessels Near Tula
Beneath the floors of an ancient domestic complex near Tula, archaeologists have found a burial world tied to the age of Teotihuacan. The discovery includes…
Ancient Toltec Altar With Human Remains Discovered Near Tula Ruins in Mexico
Archaeologists working near the ancient city of Tula in central Mexico have uncovered a Toltec ceremonial altar surrounded by human remains and ritual offerings, shedding…
The Oldest Story Painted in the Americas? Rock Art in Texas and Mexico Carried a Single Message for 4,000 Years
Deep inside the limestone canyons that cut across the borderlands of Texas and northern Mexico, ancient murals stretch across cliff walls in sweeping tapestries of…
Researchers May Have Deciphered the Lost Language of Teotihuacan, Linking the Ancient City to the Aztec World
For centuries, one of Mesoamerica’s greatest enigmas has remained unsolved: the language of Teotihuacan. Now, two researchers from the University of Copenhagen — Dr. Christophe…