The mythical “Cloud People” have descended from legend — straight into real life. Archaeologists in southern Mexico have uncovered a stunning 1,400-year-old tomb built by the ancient Zapotec ...

It has been hailed as 'the most significant archaeological discovery in a decade.' Archaeologists in Mexico have uncovered a 1,400-year-old tomb in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca that had been lost to ...

I always find that visiting historic artifacts is moving in a way that nothing else is. Getting to hear stories from history is charming, but nothing beats the opportunity to actually lay eyes on a ...

Something ancient and extraordinary was waiting beneath a field in southern Mexico, and it took an anonymous tip about looting to make sure it wasn’t lost forever. In late 2025, archaeologists from ...

The Zapotecs were a major pre-Hispanic civilization that flourished in Oaxaca from circa 700-500 BC until the Spanish conquest. A Zapotec tomb from 600 CE was discovered by Mexico’s National Institute ...

MEXICO 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 ...

A spectacular 1,400-year-old tomb belonging to the Zapotec civilization has been discovered in Mexico. "This is the most significant archaeological discovery of the last decade in Mexico," President ...