By RICARDO CASTILLO Like whirlwind, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) took the nation by storm in December, outlining the shape of things to come in Mexico during 2019. AMLO was anything but contemplative during his first month in office. To begin with, he held 20 hour-long press conferences to explain either what he had done the the day before or what he
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF If it seems that there just aren’t enough hours in the day, it may be because, for the last six months, the days have been getting progressively shorter. And today, Friday, Dec. 21, is, in fact, the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice, also known as the official start of winter, at
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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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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Scientific and archeological research has resumed at the pre-Hispanic Maya archeological site Yaxchilán, in Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas, according to sources at the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). The site, first explored by English archeologist Alfred Percival Maudslay at the start of the 20th century, is located next to the Usumacinta River.
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The monumental pyramids and breathtaking temples of the ancient Maya culture in Mexico’s southeastern regions and Yucatan Peninsula have long dominated the interest and attention of archeologists from around the globe. But while majestically imposing sites like Chichén Itza and Tulum have been studied by anthropologists and historians practically since the first European colonists set foot in
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