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                    <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Mexico ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1,000-year-old altar and human sacrifices from Toltec Empire discovered in Mexico ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists found the altar and human bones during a construction project near Tula, an ancient city that was the capital of the pre-Hispanic Toltec Empire. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/acbtcasre8jQCZVUfKrCaj-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Archaeologists discovered the altar and sacrificed human body parts in Tula, Mexico.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a square stone altar with human skulls surrounding it is being excavated by archaeologists]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Cannonball dating to the Alamo battle unearthed 1 day before 190th anniversary of the conflict that killed Davy Crockett ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An intact bronze cannonball unearthed near the Alamo was likely used in the 1836 battle between Mexico and the Republic of Texas. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:49:03 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:02:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fpqctnRZw7KmSWFeUJRUua-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Archaeologists unearthed a 190-year-old cannonball at the Alamo.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[alamo at twilight with a cannon in the foreground]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb discovered in Mexico features enormous owl sculpture symbolizing death ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The president of Mexico called the discovery of a 1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb in Oaxaca the "most significant archaeological discovery in a decade." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:58:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:55:19 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/He4CwyZirFBjdsVzWyvkr8-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A sculpted owl, whose beak covers the painted face of a Zapotec lord, decorates the front of a 1,400-year-old tomb in Oaxaca.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a side view of an ancient tomb with a large owl sculpture with a human head in its beak]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Unusual, 1,400-year-old cube-shaped human skull unearthed in Mexico ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists discovered an unusually flat-topped skull at a pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican site. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:33:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rjVkmbjVdvFLd4M2qzQwz4-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The man&#039;s skull (seen here from the back as a photo and a 3D scan and point cloud) was flattened on the top, giving it a cube-shaped appearance.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[three views of the back of a cube-shaped human skull]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient rock art along US-Mexico border persisted for more than 4,000 years — and it depicts Indigenous views of the universe ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have uncovered evidence of an Indigenous artistic tradition that was painted along the U.S.-Mexico border for roughly 175 generations. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 23:28:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 13:04:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Aristos Georgiou ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EKnfZTq9KaqtQhPHebkHNH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Rock art from along the U.S.-Mexico border persisted for more than 4,000 years.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Red and yellow rock art of a figure with round fingers and outstretched hands.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Sistema Ox Bel Ha: A vast hidden system that's the longest underwater cave in the world  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This incredible submerged cave network is the longest of its kind in the world and plays a vital role in the region. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 23:47:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ james.price@futurenet.com (James Price) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ James Price ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bHKirzKBbRdADfPhrbcMUa-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Massive 3,000-year-old Maya site in Mexico depicts the cosmos and the 'order of the universe,' study claims ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A roughly 3,000-year-old site in Mexico was built in the shape of a cosmogram that stretches for miles, a new study suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 19:01:49 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 23:23:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d8Xk9srN3cVB2fkiRhkGnA-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Takeshi Inomata]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Archaeologists found a cross-shaped area at the Aguada Fénix site in Mexico.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a group of archaeologists excavates a cross-shaped room]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1,400-year-old hieroglyphs reveal name of powerful Maya queen ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Mayan language experts have decoded the name of a previously unknown Maya queen on a stone inscription discovered last year. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 20:39:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:58:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JBqjArfiEQiyKyTEcJ3TVB-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Octavio Esparza; INAH]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The stela at Cobá that mentions the Maya queen.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a standing stone from the Maya world decorated with a person and hieroglyphs]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1,300-year-old poop reveals pathogens plagued prehistoric people in Mexico's 'Cave of the Dead Children' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists studied ancient poop and found loads of intestinal diseases. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:33:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2qTnM8foptVqmbw4GYTjij-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Johnica Winter; CC-BY 4.0 ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Desiccated fecal material from the Cave of the Dead Children in Mexico.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a piece of dried feces sits on a table with a scale bar]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 200-foot scorpion effigy mound in Mexico may align with the solstices ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A 205-foot-long, scorpion-shaped mound in Mexico likely helped Mesoamericans mark the summer and winter solstices, a new study finds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 20:42:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mpoJazj5iqLueft3k2Aqe5-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Samuel Wilson, James Neely, Mark Willis, Chester Walker and Blas Castellon-Huerta; CC BY 4.0]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A map showing the scorpion effigy mound and the paths the sun likely took on the summer and winter solstices. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an aerial view of the effigy mound site with a labelled diagram of the mound and the solstice paths overlaid on top]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Maya civilization had 16 million people at peak, new study finds — twice the population of modern-day NYC ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ After using lasers to map the Maya Lowlands, researchers have updated their estimates of the total Maya population during the Late Classic Period (A.D. 600 to 900). ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:21:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 22:32:41 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XbtkNXuJi2pjwjPbyqXipF-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Estreda-Belli et al. 2025. Redistributed under Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC-ND 4.0]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Two lidar images of major Maya ceremonial centers with a plaza surrounded by houses and farmland.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two maps made from lidar data that show Maya settlements.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tropical storm Alvin will form in next 48 hours, forecasters say — kicking off this year's Pacific hurricane season ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A tropical storm is brewing over the Eastern Pacific south of Acapulco. Clouds and thunderstorms that have been gathering for days will organize in the next 48 hours and could develop into a hurricane. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 15:04:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 28 May 2025 23:12:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Fx4qEXF6BgYVBukTRWXwYd-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Clouds and storms in the Eastern Pacific will develop into a tropical storm today, scientists say.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A satellite image shows clouds and storms brewing off the Pacific coast of Mexico. A red &quot;X&quot; marks the location of a system that could develop into a tropical storm.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Trash' found deep inside a Mexican cave turns out to be 500-year-old artifacts from a little-known culture ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ When two spelunkers investigated what they thought was trash in a cave in Mexico, they discovered more than a dozen artifacts dating back centuries. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:48:28 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fKNS9NdcWEquTDDsvKiixd-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[About 500 years ago, someone placed a shell bracelet on a stalagmite in a Mexican cave.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A small phallic stalagmite is encircled by a 500-year-old bracelet carved from shell with Maya-like imagery]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient Maya quiz: What do you know about the civilization that built pyramids across Mesoamerica? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-maya-quiz-what-do-you-know-about-the-civilization-that-built-pyramids-across-mesoamerica</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Is your knowledge of the ancient Maya as extraordinary as their pyramids? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 13:47:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:45:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/H5NCyL6xfGBsGqxcanejPg-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Diego Grandi via Alamy]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Maya temples at Tikal National Park in Guatemala.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of two pyramid-shaped temples at Tikal National park]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lasers reveal 15th-century fortified Zapotec city in Mexico ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Lidar has fully revealed a 600-year-old Zapotec city in southern Mexico. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:22:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 14:08:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RRAHZhBXAtmaxPfQCeXZaM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This lidar image shows a complex where the city&#039;s rulers may have lived and ruled from. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A lidar map showing the location of various archaeological sites]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mask of Xiuhtecuhtli: A 600-year-old mask of the Aztec fire god taken as treasure by conquistadors ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This stunning blue mask may represent the Aztec cycle of death and renewal. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 17:51:44 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/n5aDDRUk46bHtd5NQCzFsk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A 16th-century mask made out of wood and tiled with turquoise may represent Xiuhtecuhtli, the Aztec god of fire.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A 16th-century mask made out of wood and tiled with turquoise may represent Xiuhtecuhtli, the Aztec god of fire.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lasers reveal Maya city, including thousands of structures, hidden in Mexico ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The new city, dubbed Valeriana, was a dense urban settlement with temple pyramids and a ball court. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:14:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sierra Bouchér ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ocJqYocDN2M4dRNGJDReVi-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The city discovered in east-central Campeche was hidden beside modern buildings and highways.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[blue-red lidar map of newly discovered maya city]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Duck-billed dino with absolutely enormous honker unearthed in Mexico ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The newly named dinosaur is unique to Mexico, and it's helping change scientists' understanding of dinosaur ranges across the Americas. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2024 20:25:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sierra Bouchér ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8vUsrGYHYE9NJ4KtGJUW6N-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The tooth-like projections on the bill of Coahuilasuarus may have helped it eat tough plants, such as palm trees.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a duck-billed dinosaur with a huge snout on a purple background.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Teotihuacan's 'Pyramid of the Moon' is aligned with the solstice sun, researchers argue ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The "Pyramid of the Moon" in Teotihuacan, an ancient city in Mexico, may align with the solstice sun, a team argues. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2024 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tzqmSgC7YuvwgVCVpEcTMN-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Photo by Rafael Morales Orozco, retouching by Arturo Montero.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Pyramid of the Moon with the El Xihuingo volcano in the distance on the summer solstice.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An aerial photo showing how a pyramidal temple aligns with the sun and a volcano]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mysterious Maya underground structure unearthed in Mexico ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists in Campeche, Mexico, have found an underground structure beneath a Maya ball court, as well as offerings on top of a Maya pyramid at another site. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jul 2024 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:04 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/isnYcchx6nRCfr2dtdEZZK-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Visualization of the Žiga Koka LiDAR data]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A lidar-created image showing the site with the ball court where parts of an underground structure were found.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A black and white LIDAR visualization showing underground structures]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Earth from space: 3 hurricanes form a perfect line before smashing into land ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A 2017 satellite photo captured three hurricanes — Katia, Irma and Jose — in a near-perfect line across "hurricane alley" in the Atlantic Ocean. Interestingly, the storms, which are named alphabetically, appeared to be in the wrong order. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 11:26:49 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3y3sejvrRtECnFXN5WG7sS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[From left to right: Hurricane Katia, Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Jose line up before bombarding U.S. and Mexico in September 2017..]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A nighttime satellite photo showing three hurricanes in a line]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ More than 100 Maya boys — some as young as 3 — were sacrificed and buried in a pit in Chichen Itza, DNA study reveals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers analyzed the DNA of 64 individuals and discovered they were all male, including two sets of twins. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2024 15:01:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer Nalewicki ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4KsV7foHLBqMxFXfcVzTa9-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Johannes Krause]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A pyramid at Chichén Itzá, a Maya site in Mexico. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A Maya pyramid in Mexico that includes tourists in the foreground. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1st-known human case of H5N2 bird flu remains under investigation ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A man in Mexico died after catching the world's first laboratory-confirmed case of H5N2 bird flu in humans. However, authorities think he likely died of existing conditions, rather than the infection itself. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2024 16:39:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:39 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JXFSPVPmw8gGLjsRrbpwjZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A person in Mexico died after catching H5N2 bird flu in the first case of its kind.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a spherical flu virus particle depicted in different shades of blue]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Wildfire smoke is hitting the US from Canada and Mexico ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Fires burning across Canada are already triggering U.S. air quality alerts in the Midwest and Plains. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2024 11:00:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 12:50:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles O. Stanier ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4wSmWGvtewLp2BVNZpWEdY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Wildfires across Canada are causing hazy skies.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photo of the sun shrouded in a reddish brown haze. The outline of a helicopter can be seen flying through the hazy sky.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ No two are alike: The colossal stone heads of Olmec in Mexico ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The massive statues likely depict rulers from the ancient Olmec civilization. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer Nalewicki ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/646wYi4XcqPmDYaFjMF2hB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Two of the Olmec heads are on display at the Jalapa Museum of Anthropology in Xalapa, Mexico.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two carved sculptures of heads as seen in a museum. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Sketchy stem-cell treatments in Mexico led to drug-resistant infections ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Three U.S. hospital patients contracted drug-resistant infections in Mexico in 2022 and were still being treated as of March 2024. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 21:26:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/P7C3PhGSNsLz9bjdWx99K9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Bacteria related to the bug behind tuberculosis (pictured) caused a number of infections in people who got unproven stem-cell injections in Mexico.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[microscopic photo of many rod-shaped bacterial cells stained orange and yellow against a black background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Cave of Crystals: The deadly cavern in Mexico dubbed 'the Sistine Chapel of crystals' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Cave of Crystals in Chihuahua, Mexico, is buried almost 1,000 feet (300 meters) beneath Earth's surface and contains giant gypsum crystal beams that are up to 37 feet (11 m) long. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 12:04:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:18 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fbYLYuW5ndZJMMGBHEVNDo-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Geologists explore the Cave of Crystals (Cueva de los Cristales) in Naica Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The interior of the Cave of Crystals in Mexico with a person for scale.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Deepest blue hole in the world discovered, with hidden caves and tunnels believed to be inside ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/deepest-blue-hole-in-the-world-discovered-with-hidden-caves-and-tunnels-believed-to-be-inside</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have yet to reach the bottom of the Taam Ja' Blue Hole in Mexico's Chetumal Bay, which new measurements hint could be connected to a labyrinth of submarine caves and tunnels. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:20:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WNkBKMZGy2BHiPKi95yV36-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Joan A. Sánchez-Sánchez]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Taam Ja&#039; Blue Hole sits underwater in Chetumal Bay, Mexico.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An aerial view of the Taam Ja&#039; Blue Hole.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Traces of hallucinogenic plants and chile peppers found at Maya ball court suggest rituals took place there ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An environmental DNA analysis of soil collected at an ancient Maya ball court reveals that the site was once part of a ritual. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 21:53:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer Nalewicki ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UPAEw8GpNSb5dmCMUXHx8T-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A limestone Maya panel found in Guatemala depicting ball players. The piece is now part of the Art Institute of Chicago&#039;s collection. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A limestone panel carved with imagery of ball players]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 5 catastrophic megathrust earthquakes led to the demise of the pre-Aztec city of Teotihuacan, new study suggests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Analyses of Teotihuacan's three major pyramids show that the city was shaken by multiple catastrophic earthquakes — and this may have led to its demise. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:31:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer Nalewicki ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JhVn9vQv2qnNogcvQHUNwH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Temple of the Feathered Serpent was one the pyramids at Teotihuacan that showed signs of earthquake damage. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An ancient stone temple with carvings and stairs]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Centuries-old Aztec texts detail history of their capital, conquests and fall to the Spanish ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Three codices from the 16th and 17th century describe historical details about the Aztecs and the area that is now Mexico City. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 20:18:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:51 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dyoWTnhgF7mMemB4BhqRz8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A private family recently sold three Aztec codices from the 16th and 17th centuries to the Mexican government.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A tattered piece of bark paper with illustrations on it.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Obsidian blade could be from Coronado expedition fabled to be looking for 'Cities of Gold' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The blade, possibly dropped during Coronado's expedition in 1541, was found in a Texas collector's stash. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 22:30:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jZhFKPFkuz4XyJedpYLn64-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A small piece of obsidian, just over 5 centimeters long, likely found on a hard-scrabble piece of ranchland in the Texas panhandle.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A small piece of obsidian, just over 5 centimeters long.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1,500-year-old burial with stacked bones discovered during sewer system dig in Mexico ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists in Mexico discovered a pre-Hispanic burial containing human remains. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 13:00:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer Nalewicki ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PE3aHV9owUcSctKkjJi9v5-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Claudia Servín Rosas, INAH]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The burial contains stacks of human bones and could have been part of a pre-Hispanic ritual.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A jumble of human bones buried at an excavation site]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mexico City could be just months away from running out of drinking water ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Record droughts have been draining Mexico City's aquifers faster than they can be replenished, placing the city at risk of severe water shortages. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 17:54:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:29 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/C6o2yDusDzcxvzqEKHZ4q-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Mexico City&#039;s Zócalo square, the city&#039;s main square and the former ceremonial center of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mexico City&#039;s Zócalo square, the city&#039;s main square and the former ceremonial center of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mysterious skeleton found in Hernán Cortés' palace revealed to be Indigenous woman, not Spanish monk ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/mysterious-skeleton-found-in-hernan-cortes-palace-revealed-to-be-indigenous-woman-not-spanish-monk</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new analysis of a skeleton buried under Hernán Cortés' palace in Mexico reveals that it doesn't belong to a monk, as was long thought. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qenywrR9EUZbWDfj638TAJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Burial from the Palace of Cortés.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Burial from the Palace of Cortés of a Tlahuica woman.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 2,500-year-old burials of 3 people discovered in a cave in Mexico ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists found the remains of two adolescents and one baby in the chamber of a cave, but it's not yet clear how they died. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/f5x5ngoLMQehnHuYdbvmMU-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Moisés Valadez]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[During the 2023-2024 field season, archaeologists found ancient human remains, human-made fibers and tools in a cave in the Mexican state of Nuevo León.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Archaeologists find ancient human remains in a cave in the Mexican state of Nuevo León.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Total solar eclipse April 2024: The 10 biggest cities within the path of totality ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ On April 8, 2024, more than 31 million people in North America will witness a total solar eclipse, around a third of them in just 10 cities. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YQSAP6YZqfokn2ApyoP6Ka-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Dallas, Texas, will be the biggest city in the path of totality.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Dallas, Texas, will be the biggest city in the path of totality.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Deadly Rocky Mountain spotted fever seen in travelers to Mexico ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The CDC issued a health alert about cases of the tick-spread disease Rocky Mountain spotted fever seen among people who recently traveled to or lived in Tecate, Baja California. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2023 21:30:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:46:07 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kemGRx48pJXWxuwtnLjgN6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The brown dog tick can spread a disease called Rocky Mountain spotted fever.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a male brown dog tick on a leaf, as seen from above]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hammerhead sharks are vanishing from their mountain homes in the Gulf of California, divers say  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scalloped hammerhead sharks used to seek refuge at two Mexican seamounts, but it appears fishing has killed them off. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GZ8zG83z5aqeykTwX5szxS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[ A school of scalloped hammerhead sharks near Malpelo Island in Colombia. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A school of scalloped hammerhead sharks.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Indigenous Mexicans migrated to California 5,200 years ago, likely bringing their languages with them, ancient DNA reveals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The research challenges the idea that languages from prehistoric Mexico spread along with maize farming in California. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tom Metcalfe ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uTL76vhqMsC2HariEGUwJQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[It was long thought that the Uto-Aztecan languages were brought to what is now the U.S. by Indigenous Mexican maize farmers. But now, new genetics research suggests that these languages arrived far earlier.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Ears of &quot;Indian&quot; corn]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Maya warrior statue with serpent helmet discovered at Chichén Itzá ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ During survey work ahead of a new railway, archaeologists found the statue of a Maya warrior wearing a serpent on his head. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2Arci4LDWXbYSVD8HQkrtC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The anthropomorphic sculpture of the Maya warrior.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The anthropomorphic sculpture of the Maya warrior.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Circular temple dedicated to Maya serpent deity discovered in Mexico ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The recently discovered temple in Mexico's Yucatán peninsula dates between A.D. 1000 and 1200. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2023 10:00:21 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer Nalewicki ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5HXsdfiuRU2AUrx2dE7gAo-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The circular temple was found at the El Tigre archaeological site in Mexico&#039;s Yucatán peninsula.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A circular temple in Mexico]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Earthquake reveals giant Aztec snakehead beneath Mexico City university ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers are conserving a rare snakehead from the Aztecs that still retains its painted colors from hundreds of years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3CEwH2JdRgCD52bmwjwSsj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A magnitude-7.6 earthquake revealed a giant Aztec snake sculpture in Mexico City.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[We see the head of the snake. The entire serpent was placed in a humidity chamber to preserve its colors.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The 1st American cowboys may have been enslaved Africans, DNA evidence suggests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ DNA from cattle suggests some of the first cowboys in the Americas were enslaved Africans, who herded cows that were brought with them on slave ships. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 09:00:26 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/n6SMJP7aecfRnjFrVX7Ywk-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Octavio Campos Salles / Alamy]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Enslaved Africans may have been some of the first cowboys in the Americas.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Pantaneiro cowboy herding horses at sunset in North Pantanal, Brazil.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Palatial 1,500-year-old Maya structure unearthed in Mexico ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists discovered the palace-like building ahead of railway construction in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2023 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7Rnq5RAUZGybk29apARr3g-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Here we see the foreground of one of the buildings during the restoration process.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The foreground of an unearthed palace-like Mayan building.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'This is complete nonsense': Scientists rail against 'alien' bodies shown before Mexican congress ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists blast claims of two 'alien' bodies that a journalist presented to Mexico's congress. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/L2sSZQ7o2YipLBaXgWAj67-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[One of the &quot;non-human&quot; bodies shown during a press conference with Mexican journalist Jaime Maussan, at the Camino Real hotel, in Mexico City, Mexico on Sept. 13. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[We see a grayish head and torso of an &quot;alien&quot; in a pillow-like box]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Stone human 'effigies' unearthed at Aztec temple in Mexico City were likely looted in battle and offered to the gods ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists in Mexico City discovered a bevy of stone objects carved to look like humans at a former Aztec site. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer Nalewicki ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6ckoYQJgdcddf6GXp6z8uD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The 15 stone figurines depict 14 men and one woman. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A box containing stone figurines depicting humans.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Deformed skulls and ritual beheadings found at Maya pyramid in Mexico ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists announced that some individuals buried at a Maya pyramid more than 1,000 years ago had deformed skulls and had been killed in ritual beheadings. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VEi3QpZKoMVXzoSMmyTYYd-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Miriam Angélica Camacho Martínez/INAH]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Remains of five of the 13 individuals found at Structure 18 at the Moral-Reforma Archaeological Zone.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Remains of five of the 13 individuals found at Structure 18 at the Moral-Reforma Archaeological Zone.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Lost' 1,500-year-old Teotihuacan village discovered in the heart of Mexico City ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Excavations revealed three human burials, as well as ceramics and architectural structures from a settlement that existed around A.D. 450 to 650. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wCZD7fLjjBGHNvrHhqeWZZ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Marisol Bautista Roquez, INAH]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Archeologists discovered three human burials in the remains of the lost village.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A picture of one of the human skeleton unearthed in Mexico City.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Zapotec 'entrance to underworld' discovered under Catholic church in Mexico ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A hidden "underworld" linked to the Zapotec "cult of the dead" has been discovered beneath a church in Mexico. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/igpDGXFWsCvdKahpPcszRj-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Marco M. Vigato/The ARX Project]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Catholic Church of San Pablo in Mitla is built on the footprint of an earlier Zapotec temple.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[We see a stone church in a desert setting. ]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[We see a stone church in a desert setting. ]]></media:title>
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