Around a thousand years ago, the ancient city of Cantona stood as one of the largest urban centres in the Americas, with an estimated population of 90,000 people. Built on the volcanic highlands of ...

DNA within dried feces dating from more than 1,000 years ago provides valuable insights into the pathogens that plagued ancient Mexican peoples, according to a study published in PLOS One by Drew ...

The ancient settlement of Tetelihtic in Puebla’s Sierra Norte was designed to watch the Sun, archaeologists now say, confirming the existence of a solar observatory more than 2,500 years old. The ...

For more than a millennium, a stone pyramid stood watch over the ancient settlement of Ihuatzio in western Mexico. Built by the Purépecha civilisation, one of the few Mesoamerican powers that ...

Great cities are built by great kings. Many people think this about ancient civilizations. However, in Mexico, there is a ...

Urbanization and Religion in Ancient Central Mexico David M. Carballo Oxford University Press Presents a unique perspective of early urbanization and religion in the New World Provides the first ...

A stone pyramid base at the Ihuatzio archaeological site in Michoacán, Mexico, partly collapsed after intense rain followed a period of heat and drought. The roughly 50-foot pre-Hispanic monument lost ...

Early man in Mexico -- Man settles down in Mexico -- Man remodels Mexico -- Empire building in Mexico -- Education, political organization, and justice -- Religion -- Warfare and warriors -- Produce, ...