Popular Art Museum to Present New Collection of Indigenous Treasures
The collection donated to the MAP is composed most of huipils and other textiles, but also includes several early Toltec and Aztec artifacts
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AMLO Asks National Guard to Recover Stolen Artifacts
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Monday, Sept. 27, charged the National Guard (GN) with yet another responsibility, the creation of a special body dedicated to recovering stolen historical and archaeological pieces. During the inauguration of a dual exhibition “The Grandeur of Mexico” at the National Museum of Anthropology and the Secretariat
Read moreItaly Cancels Auction of Mexican Artifacts
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF An auction of 17 alleged pre-Columbian Mexican artifacts was cancelled just hours before it was slated to be held on Thursday, Sept. 16, Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced Sunday, Sept. 19. The auction, which had been organized by the internet sales site Casa Bertolami Fine Arts in Rome was halted
Read moreMexican Gulf Cultures Showcased in Anthropology Museum Exhibit
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City’s Chapultepec Park opened an exhibition on pre-Columbian Gulf of Mexico cultures on Wednesday, Jan. 30. The exhibit, composed of 1,354 pieces, covers a variety of pre-Hispanic societies, from 1600 B.C. up until the 1518 Spanish Conquest, when it is believed that tat least 20 distinct cultures existed
Read moreNew Artifacts Discovered at Palenque
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announce don Friday, Aug. 24, that several major artifacts, including a stucco head, had been discovered at the Maya Palenque archeological site in the southern state of Chiapas. The pieces were found in what appears to have been a ceremonial center, along with residues of ritual ceramics, petrified fauna,
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