US EditionLooting Report Leads to Discovery of Millennium-Old Zapotec Burial Chamber
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Looting report leads to discovery of millennium-old Zapotec burial chamber
A 1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb carved into a hillside in the state of Oaxaca is being hailed as Mexico’s “most significant archaeological discovery of the last decade.” President Claudia Sheinbaum said as much last week when she announced the find at a press conference. A delegation led by Mexico’s Minister of Culture Claudia Curiel de Icaza made a subsequent on-site visit this week. The unusually well-preserved tomb is expected to give new ins…
Oaxaca, Oax., Huitzo's exceptional Tomb 10, considered the most relevant finding of the decade, with a thousand 400 years old, is part of "a great archaeological acropolis" that today shares territories with San Pablo Huitzo and Santiago Suchilquongo, revealed Joel Omar Vázquez, director of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH).
Zapotec Tomb Unearthed in Mexico Hailed as ‘The Most Significant’ Discovery of Last Decade
Archaeologists in southern Mexico have unearthed a 1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb bearing intricate carvings, a discovery hailed by experts as “the most significant” of the last decade. The tomb was discovered in San Pablo Huitzo, Oaxaca, and dates to around the year 600 CE, according to a statement released last week by Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). Experts have noted the exceptional preservation of the buria…
The Secretary of Culture of the Government of Mexico, Claudia Curiel de Icaza, affirmed that the discovery confirms the cultural policy to preserve this millenary heritage against looting or illicit extractions The discovery identifies a people who have writing, worldview and understanding of the world, which is important to study Oaxaca de Juárez, Oax. January 29, 2026.- Governor Solomon Jara Cruz highlighted that the discovery of Tomb 10 in Sa…
COMMUNICATE Oaxaca de Juárez, Oax. January 29, 2026.- Governor Solomon Jara Cruz and the head of the Ministry of Culture of the Government of Mexico, Claudia Curiel de Icaza visited the newly discovered archaeological site where Tomb 10 is located, in Cerro de la Cantera, municipality of San Pablo Huitzo. With this action, the commitment of the three orders of government to the investigation, conservation and protection of the cultural heritage …
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