US EditionPre-Hispanic funerary remains uncovered in Oaxaca
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Solomon Jara Cruz, governor of Oaxaca, and the head of the Ministry of Culture of the Government of Mexico, Claudia Curiel de Icaza, visited the newly discovered archaeological site where Tomb 10 is located, in Cerro de la Cantera, municipality of San Pablo Huitzo.The finding reinforces the relevance of Oaxaca as one of the regions fundamental to the development of Mesoamerican civilizations, as well as its key role in preserving the country's c…
Pre-Hispanic funerary remains uncovered in Oaxaca
The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), together with the Ministry of Culture of the Government of Mexico and the INAH Oaxaca Center, has confirmed the discovery of significant archaeological remains in the municipality of San Pedro Jaltepetongo, in the state of Oaxaca. According to an official press release, the discovery was verified during an inspection visit conducted on January 12, 2026. Specialists at the INAH Oaxaca Cen…
About 1000 years ago, the Zapotheken lived in today's Oaxaca in Mexico. Now archaeologists have discovered an elaborately designed burial chamber that betrays much about this people. A stone-sculpted owl has special significance.
At 93, on Tuesday night, archaeologist Roberto Gallegos Ruiz, dean of that profession in the country and discoverer of tombs 1 and 2 of Zaachila, Oaxaca, died, a finding that served to verify the connection between Zapotec and Mixteca cultures.
Archaeologists in Mexico have made a major discovery. A well-preserved tomb dating back approximately 1,400 years, belonging to the ancient Zapotec civilization, has been uncovered in the central valleys of the state of Oaxaca. According to a statement from Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and its president, Claudia Sheinbaum, it is "the most important archaeological find in the past decade."
In the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, archaeologists have found a remarkably preserved tomb approximately 1,400 years old, which experts...
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