Sisal Yucatan is a hidden gem in the Mexican Caribbean that offers a perfect getaway for travelers who love nature, culture, and history. Sisal is a small fishing village that was once the main port of Yucatan, exporting henequen, a fiber used to make ropes and textiles. Today, Sisal is a tranquil and charming place […]
Maya canoe surrounded by animal and human bones found in Chichen Itza
A wooden canoe surrounded by human and animal skeletons near the ancient Maya city of Chichén Itzá may have been used as part of a ritual. In 2021, divers in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula discovered the boat and bones deep inside an underwater cave located 15 feet (4.6 meters) below the water’s surface. In total, archaeologists […]
Michigan State University Anthropologist says ancient Maya collected trophies made from human skulls
According to Gabriel D. Wrobel, Professor of Anthropology, Michigan State University, two trophy skulls, discovered by archaeologists in the jungles of Belize, may help shed light on the little-understood collapse of the once powerful Classic Maya civilization. The defleshed and painted human skulls, meant to be worn around the neck as pendants, were buried with a […]
AMLO says that the first tests of the Maya Train will take place in August
The first movement of a Maya Train convoy will take place in the first half of August, assured on Monday, May 22nd, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, president of Mexico, during his daily morning press conference. For her part, Maite Ramos, director of Alstom Mexico, said that the first train, with 72 percent national technology, will […]
Despite Supreme Court ruling, AMLO declares national security protection for the Mayan Train Project
Mexico’s president said on Thursday, May 18th, that the construction and operation of a tourist train project that could cost up to $20 billion is a matter of national security, offering new legal protections for the high-profile public work. In a decree published in Mexico’s official gazette, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador invoked government and […]
The number of cases of dengue decreases in Yucatan
Although Yucatán continues to be the second state in the Mexican Republic with the most cases of dengue, the number of new cases per day has decreased, since until just over a month ago the incidence of three infections every 24 hours, but now it is two. According to the epidemiological bulletin of the Dengue […]
Giant scorpion caught inside a house in Ciudad Caucel, Yucatán
MERIDA, YUCATAN.- Through social networks, several residents of Ciudad Caucel, in Mérida, reported the appearance of giant scorpions in their homes, and warned that these insects release a strange “blue poison.” A resident of the area spread the photographs of a colossal scorpion, which he managed to catch with a pair of tweezers as it […]
Is AMLO driving Mexico toward an environmental disaster?
As dozens of scientists gathered in Switzerland last month to finalize a seminal United Nations report on the climate crisis, across the Atlantic, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was gearing up for a celebration of all things oil. On 18 March, he joined tens of thousands of people in the heart of Mexico City […]
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A circular relic was discovered in Chichen Itza is believed to be an ancient stone “scoreboard”
An ancient stone “scoreboard” likely used in a soccer-like ball game was discovered at an archeological site in Mexico earlier this week, archaeologists said. Found at the Mayan Chichen Itza site, researchers and archeologists said the circular stone’s diameter was just over 32 centimeters (or just over 12 inches) and it weighed 40 kilograms (about […]