The goods found in graves of six leaders of the classic period of Maya culture (AD 200-900), which had been distributed to various museums after the exploration of their graves, now recover their original meaning in an exhibition that recentrly opene

Archaeologists have discovered, 16 meters from the tomb of the Great Lord of Sipan, the remains of a teenager belonging to the Moche society who was buried over 1600 years ago in Peru.

At the height of Maya classical culture, a drought may have been responsible for the civilization`s downturn, which may offer clues to what we may face in a combination of growing population and dwindling resources.

Mexico through the INAH will be the operational seat of the United Nations program for Latin American cultural heritage conservation after celebrating an agreement with the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cu

Mexico has 2 new sites inscribed in the World Heritage List issued by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

The 220 archaeological jewels part of the exhibition Moctezuma II Time and Destiny of a Ruler, the first one about a Prehispanic ruler, have been visited by more than 90,000 persons during a month and a half, since its inauguration in June 17th 2010.

More than 1,600 years ago, nearly 8,000 shells and seeds gave form to a tapestry part of the funerary attire of a high rank personage of the ancient city of Calakmul. The piece will be exhibited for the first time at the National Museum of Anthropol

The Bikini Atoll and a silver trade route in Mexico were among 21 new places added to the list of World Heritage sites at the annual meeting of UNESCO`s World Heritage Committee, which concluded Aug. 2 in Brazil.

Physicists have created a dye that promises to last for a thousand years. The secret to this extraordinary durability? Its formula is based on a Mayan pigment, a brilliant blue color that survives to this day on the walls of their ancient temples.

A long-sealed tunnel has been found under the ruins of Teotihuacan and chambers that seem to branch off it may hold the tombs of some of the ancient city`s early rulers, archaeologists said.