Archaeology
Twenty years ago, in 2005, I served a tour of duty in Iraq. It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years. But I still remember it vividly. I was there as part of the Texas Army National Guard. I was residing in Mexico, but I would go monthly to Texas for Guard drill. In the […]
In the eastern Mexican state of Chiapas, a Mayan city that had been abandoned and lost in the jungle the past 300+ years appears to have been recently located. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published August 23rd, 2025, on Mexico News Report.
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A recent discovery in northern Mexico revealed a mortuary cave in which pre-Hispanic nomads buried their dead. This discovery was in Coahuila, a state that borders the U.S., across from Texas. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published July 20th, 2025, on Mexico News Report.
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The ruins of the Maya city of Chichen Itza are located in eastern Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. The night of June 15th, two jaguars were caught on a game camera near the archaeological site. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published July 10th, 2025, on Mexico News Report.
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The Mayan site of Chichen Itza, one of Mexico’s most famous archaeological tourist destinations, was recently taken over by protesting teachers. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published June 13th, 2025, on Mexico News Report.
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“Maya Blue” was a blue pigment invented by the Maya culture around 800 A.D. This unique pigment resists fading and is resistant to many chemical solvents. It was used on murals, buildings, ceramics, sculptures and codices. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published May 21st, 2025, on Mexico News Report.
The discovery of an altar at the Maya site of Tikal in Guatemala may shed more light on the relationship between Tikal and Teotihuacan. Or does it pose more questions than it answers? For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published May 9th, 2025, on Mexico News Report.
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Guiengola is a Zapotec archaeological site located in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca (wa-ha-ka). Thanks to LiDARE technology, it’s recently been discovered that it was larger than previously thought. To read the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published March 10th, 2025, on Mexico News Report.
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A Maya city has been discovered, with the use of 3D sonar technology. It’s off the coast of Playa del Carmen, on the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. Playa de Carmen is near Cozumel Island, in the state of Quintana Roo. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published February 13th, […]
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OK, this is a tricky title. It’s not that a lost Maya city was in a location in the city of New Orleans. It’s that a PhD student at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the U.S., using lidar technology, discovered the existence of a lost Maya city in eastern Mexico. For the entire […]
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