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![A 3D digital image of Labna, an ancient Maya structure in the Puuc region.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sHB2Cxz8FULteogsNnGcjQ-320-80.jpg)
Details of stunning Maya acropolises and sophisticated civilization revealed by laser scans
By Laura Geggel published
The Maya managed their resources well for centuries before abandoning their cities.
![One of the two vessels discovered in the ambassador's burial shows seated figures wearing headdresses performing a fire ritual.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AnXbxkKNMXFMMxjp7occPa-320-80.jpg)
Ancient Maya power broker died in obscurity, hieroglyphics show
By Laura Geggel published
Hieroglyphics in a stairway near a burial tell the tale of an elite Maya ambassador's life.
![An illustration of the newly described eagle shark, which lived in an ancient seaway 93 million years ago.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6Jy2dpD76Qiod4jTVpQXv-320-80.jpg)
'Winged' eagle shark soared through oceans 93 million years ago
By Laura Geggel published
A bizarre shark with wing-like side fins soared through an ancient sea 93 million years ago in what is now Mexico.
![A juvenile shortfin mako shark with a stab wound in his head washed ashore in Los Cabos, Mexico.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dkBJG7Hrvi3gzPiBT6nd6S-320-80.jpg)
Shark gets stabbed in the head, washes ashore in Los Cabos
By Laura Geggel published
Dead sharks usually sink, so it's surprising to find one washed up onshore.
![People in Zultépec tried to hide the remains of murdered Spaniards in the town cisterns.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rtpSKNHFfcPQWodSZEJji9-320-80.jpg)
16th-century ritual sacrifice, cannibalism and bloody slaughter revealed in Mexican city
By Mindy Weisberger published
Conquistadors murdered hundreds of Acolhua people, a sister culture of the Aztecs, after members of a Spanish caravan in Mexico were captured, sacrificed and eaten.
![Farmers found the 500-year-old statue of mysterious woman (left), who has a headdress that looks like the head ornamentation of "Star Wars" former Jedi apprentice Ahsoka Tano (right), whose Hasbro action figure is shown here.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/97wPfUz9R38fFAVQmWNTBA-320-80.jpg)
Statue of mysterious woman with 'Star Wars'-like headdress found in Mexico
By Laura Geggel published
A 500-year-old limestone statue of an elite woman was found in central Mexico.
![Archaeologists explore the vast Chiquihuite Cave in the Chiapas Highlands of northwest Mexico.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bhncFxygPxjjWYp4Z7SceU-320-80.jpg)
First Americans may have arrived to the continent 30,000 years ago
By Laura Geggel published
A cave in Mexico has human-made stone tools dating to about 30,000 years ago.
![With only a flashlight to light the way, a CINDAQ diver explores the ancient ochre mine. At the end of the last ice age, these caves were dry, but would have been devoid of any natural light.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nqu3zXRJWXrH62DbtkUb7U-320-80.jpg)
Ice age mining camp found 'frozen in time' in underwater Mexican cave
By Laura Geggel published
Cave divers found a mysterious passageway that led to an ice age ochre mine.
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