INAH, may 09, 2009. Beatriz Palavicini Beltran, researcher at the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) who devoted to the restitution of the historical and architectonical values of Cacaxtla Archaeological Zone, in Tlaxcala, passed away in Mexico City in May 9th 2009, at 42, victim of a liver disease.
INAH, may 06, 2009. In May 6th 2009 began the opening of museums and archaeological zones in Mexico, closed during the swine flu outbreak. Hygienic measures are being maximized in facilities, and parting from Friday May 8th, every museum and archaeological zone will be reopened in the normal schedules. The National Institute of Anthropology and […]
INAH, April 27, 2009. The Ehecatl pyramid, the smallest archaeological zone in Mexico, is located in the Pino Suarez Metro station in the Mexico City Historical Center, making it one of the most visited in the country, although the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) does not consider it a proper archaeological zone, due […]
INAH, April 24, 2009. Archaeologist Felipe Solis Olguin, director of the National Museum of Anthropology (MNA) since year 2000, passed away in Thursday April 23rd 2009, due to cardiac arrest. At the time of his decease he was working as a curator in the exhibition “Teotihuacan, City of Gods”.
ScienceDaily, April 20, 2009. The ancient Maya civilisation used a rare type of clay called “palygorskite” to produce Maya blue. Combining structural, morphological and geochemical methods, Spanish researchers have defined the features of palygorskite clay on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. These findings will make it possible to ascertain the origin of the materials used […]
INAH, Mexico, April 15, 2009. A collectible series of 5 stamps and a commemorative label with the image of El Tajin Archaeological Zone began circulating in Mexico, with a 500,000 print run, issued with the aim of divulgating this part of cultural heritage. Under the title “El Tajin, Mexico,” the initiative is result of the […]
Aguascalientes, Mexico, April 11, 2009. With a new Prehispanic heap, the Aguascalientes Regional Museum opened recently its new Archaeology Hall, divulgating the cultural diversity of the region known as Great Chichimeca, where according to studies, more than 1,500 groups inhabited. With this new hall the museum part of the National Institute of Anthropology and History […]
USA, University of Pennsylvania Almanac, April 07, 2009. A world-renowned collection of ancient Maya painted pottery, excavated by the University of Pennsylvania Museum nearly a century ago and reinterpreted in light of recent research in the field, provides the centerpiece for Painted Metaphors: Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya, a new exhibition now at […]
British Museum, London, April 07, 2009. British Museum claims leader of lost civilisation died at hands of Spanish explorers, not his own followers. Contrary to popular belief, the Aztec emperor Moctezuma was murdered by his Spanish captors and not by his own people, the British Museum will argue in a new exhibition that will try […]
Mexico, April 05, 2009. Mexican archaeologists began this month the recovery of a great Mayan city buried under tons of earth and jungle in the archaeological area of Ichkabal on the Yucatan peninsula, the National Anthropology and History Institute, or INAH, said. Previous archaeological digs in Ichkabal indicated the existence at this site of a […]
