Sacred Architecture Under Threat: Why the Maya House Must Survive
A UADY professor calls the traditional Maya house “a perfect creation of its kind.” Sadly, this time-worn building technique faces multiple challenges.
A UADY professor calls the traditional Maya house “a perfect creation of its kind.” Sadly, this time-worn building technique faces multiple challenges.
As the first ice pops melted, authorities issued a chilly reminder: reproducing any pre-Hispanic art without permission is a no-no.
Monte Alban was easily among the largest and most influential city-states during early Mesoamerican history. Established by the Zapotec civilization in the 5th century BCE, Monte Alban flourished for 1,500 years. Its eventual collapse coincides roughly with the fall of the great classic Maya city-states of the Petén, such as Tikal, over 800 miles away….
The discovery of an extensive stone panel including 123 Maya hieroglyphs sheds light on previously unknown details about the ancient city of Cobá in Quintana Roo. The ancient stones tell of a previously unknown ruler of Cobá who went by the name of K’awiil Ch’ak Chéen. Thus, the K’awiil dynasty, now known to have comprised…
The Gran Museo de Chichén Itzá is now open and features artifacts dating from the earliest occupation of the city to its heights under the rule of the Itzá.
Mexico is officially home to 187 Prehispanic archaeological sites, but not all of them are truly open to the public.
If you plan to explore Yucatán’s Puuc region in the near term, better bring along some toilet paper.
Izamal will officially open previously off-limits Maya temples to the public on Dec. 7.
Like several other sites, most notably Chichén Viejo, Uxmal has recently had considerable resources devoted to it, including much-needed basic maintenance and the restoration and opening to the public of entirely new areas.
The Temple of el Conde is believed to have reached the zenith of its splendor in the 14th Century under the reign of the Tlatoani Tezozóoc
The Xochimilca people occupied El Tepozteco before being conquered by the Aztec Triple Alliance in 1438 CE.
It is more likely than not that these new sections will be open to the public by the end of the year, though no official date has been announced.
There is no getting away from it, Acanceh is a bit of an odd place — but in a good way.
A team of archaeologists has announced the discovery of the tomb of a member of Palenque’s elite on the grounds of a hotel.
The newly restored section of Chichén Itzá runs along roughly a half mile through a recently created path. And apparently, it’s still off-limits.
Keep in mind is that the Palenque exhibit is entirely in Spanish, so the use of a smartphone translation tool, or hiring a guide may be a good idea.
Inspired by the idea of La Ruta Puuc, we present our very own archaeological circuit in the state of Campeche. We call it La Ruta de Los Chenes.
Just before the conquest, the archaeological remains in the community of Dzilam González belonged to a large kingdom with its capital in Izamal.
After years of boarded-up doors and neglect, Mérida’s Ateneo is set to get the TLC it deserves.
The whereabouts of the looted stones are yet to be established, but INAH said it will not stop until they have been found.
Few cities in Mexico can compete with Mérida for the sheer amount of archaeological remains. Many of the grand pyramids and temples that once stood in what today is Mérida have succumbed to the ravages of time and pillaging. However, there are still a great many sites to explore in Yucatán’s capital city. One of…
Maya religion and cosmology have been the subject of hundreds of investigations over the past century, but there is still much that remains a mystery.
A contemporary of several of the Olmecs’ most ancient settlements is the Zapotec ceremonial center of San José del Mogote. Founded around 1500 BCE, San José del Mogote is notable not only for its sheer antiquity but also for the size of its temples and inscriptions. During the last half of the 1960s, research teams…
INAH employees are accused of profiting from Chichén Itzá’s shutdown by allowing their own visitors to roam the ancient pyramid and observatory.
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