The president of Mexico called the discovery of a 1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb in Oaxaca the "most significant archaeological ...

Something ancient and extraordinary was waiting beneath a field in southern Mexico, and it took an anonymous tip about looting to make sure it wasn’t lost forever. In late 2025, archaeologists from ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb in southern Mexico, adorned with complex carvings, which has been called “the most significant archaeological discovery of the last decade.

In the Mexican city of Juchitán, women run the economy and organize communal life. It’s one of the few places where matriarchal structures survive. The Juchitec matriarchy is a legacy of the Zapotec ...

Abigail Mendoza Ruiz, world-renowned Zapotec chef, remembers how her regional dishes were once overlooked by locals: “People now acknowledge regional cuisine, but it hasn’t always been this way, they ...

The New World is the last continent colonized by anatomically modern humans, Homo sapiens. The first migrants entered the New World from Asia through Beringia. It is suggested that there were three ...

Archaeologists have found evidence of human jawbones being painted and worn as ritual adornments by elite members of the ancient Zapotec civilisation in Mexico. The mandibles appear to be related to ...