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Indigenous Mexicans migrated to California 5,200 years ago, likely bringing their languages with them, ancient DNA revealsThe research challenges the idea that languages from prehistoric Mexico spread along with maize farming in California.
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Maya warrior statue with serpent helmet discovered at Chichén ItzáDuring 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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Circular temple dedicated to Maya serpent deity discovered in MexicoThe recently discovered temple in Mexico's Yucatán peninsula dates between A.D. 1000 and 1200.
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Earthquake reveals giant Aztec snakehead beneath Mexico City universityResearchers are conserving a rare snakehead from the Aztecs that still retains its painted colors from hundreds of years ago.
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The 1st American cowboys may have been enslaved Africans, DNA evidence suggestsDNA 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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Palatial 1,500-year-old Maya structure unearthed in MexicoArchaeologists discovered the palace-like building ahead of railway construction in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.
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'This is complete nonsense': Scientists rail against 'alien' bodies shown before Mexican congressScientists blast claims of two 'alien' bodies that a journalist presented to Mexico's congress.
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Stone human 'effigies' unearthed at Aztec temple in Mexico City were likely looted in battle and offered to the godsArchaeologists in Mexico City discovered a bevy of stone objects carved to look like humans at a former Aztec site.
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Deformed skulls and ritual beheadings found at Maya pyramid in MexicoArchaeologists 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.
