Feed MRSS-S teotihuacan_a, english.elpais.com en-us https://english.elpais.com Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:14:28 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-02-09/the-underground-odyssey-that-led-archaeologists-to-a-zapotec-burial-site.html Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:14:28 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-02-09/the-underground-odyssey-that-led-archaeologists-to-a-zapotec-burial-site.html Pablo Ferri In Huitzo, Oaxaca, two experts explore the intricacies of the Tomb of the Owl, one of the most important discoveries in Mexican archaeology of the last decade In Huitzo, Oaxaca, two experts explore the intricacies of the Tomb of the Owl, one of the most important discoveries in Mexican archaeology of the last decade México Oaxaca Maya América Teotihuacán Luis Gerardo Peña Torres / INAH (Luis Gerardo Peña Torres / INAH) MÉXICO - RECINTO FUNERARIO ZAPOTECA HUITZO Zapotec funerary enclosure in Huitzo, Oaxaca, with the figure of an owl that decorates the entrance of the antechamber. Zapotec funerary enclosure in Huitzo, Oaxaca, with the figure of an owl that decorates the entrance of the antechamber. <p>It was 2019. On the hills of La Cantera, in the central valleys <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-03-10/horror-on-the-coast-of-oaxaca-a-tourist-paradise-plagued-by-mass-disappearances.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-03-10/horror-on-the-coast-of-oaxaca-a-tourist-paradise-plagued-by-mass-disappearances.html">of Oaxaca</a>, in southern Mexico, lay a massive stone and stucco tomb, hidden underground. It had stood there for hundreds of years, untouched by progress, the world and its vicissitudes… It coexisted with roots and insects, especially with “tiny winged ants that gnawed through the soft stone,” explains the archaeologist Cira Martínez of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). Until one day, looters showed up. “They made a hole at the top, pierced the roof, and went inside,” Martínez recounts. Ironically, this was the beginning of the discovery of the Zapotec Tomb of the Owl, one of the most important archaeological findings in Mexico in the last 10 years.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-02-09/the-underground-odyssey-that-led-archaeologists-to-a-zapotec-burial-site.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-06-03/teotihuacan-was-the-multiethnic-and-multicultural-city-that-new-york-is-today-a-tour-of-the-mets-new-michael-c-rockefeller-wing.html Tue, 03 Jun 2025 13:48:46 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-06-03/teotihuacan-was-the-multiethnic-and-multicultural-city-that-new-york-is-today-a-tour-of-the-mets-new-michael-c-rockefeller-wing.html Sara Padilla EL PAÍS received exclusive access to the latest developments and updates in the Ancient American Art section of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which reopened on May 31, after four years of renovations EL PAÍS received exclusive access to the latest developments and updates in the Ancient American Art section of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which reopened on May 31, after four years of renovations América Teotihuacán Metropolitan Museum MET ARTE - MET- ALA MICHAEL C. ROCKEFELLER Visitors look at pre-Columbian sculptures in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City. Visitors look at pre-Columbian sculptures in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City. <p>Laura Filloy Nadal finds it easier to explain the world if she has an object in front of her. </p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-06-03/teotihuacan-was-the-multiethnic-and-multicultural-city-that-new-york-is-today-a-tour-of-the-mets-new-michael-c-rockefeller-wing.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-04-17/five-megathrust-earthquakes-destroyed-the-city-state-of-teotihuacan.html Wed, 17 Apr 2024 22:03:29 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-04-17/five-megathrust-earthquakes-destroyed-the-city-state-of-teotihuacan.html Vicente Olaya A Spanish-Mexican study reveals the reasons that led the population of this impressive Mayan civilization city to flee to safer places in the year 650 A Spanish-Mexican study reveals the reasons that led the population of this impressive Mayan civilization city to flee to safer places in the year 650 Noticias de México Teotihuacán Machu Picchu Pavel Tochinsky (Getty Images) Calzada de los Muertos in Teotihuacan, Mexico Visitors walk on the Calzada de Los Muertos in Teotihuacán. Visitors walk on the Calzada de Los Muertos in Teotihuacán. <p>Why the impressive <a href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/414/" target="_blank">city-state of Teotihuacán </a>— one of the most important pre-Hispanic centers of power in Central America — disappeared is one of the great mysteries of world archaeology. Experts agree that it went from housing more than 100,000 inhabitants in the second century to just under 5,000 in the seventh. Was it affected by war, plague, famine, or another devastating event?</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-04-17/five-megathrust-earthquakes-destroyed-the-city-state-of-teotihuacan.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p>