October began and welcomes one of the most anticipated astrological phenomena in Mexico, the solar eclipse; However, not everywhere can be seen completely as it will be in the Yucatan Peninsula. The exact date to witness the solar eclipse will be Saturday, October 14, in a large part of the Mexican territory it will be […]
Learn about the history of the Woman of the Palms, the oldest human skeleton found in the Yucatan peninsula and which yielded very important data on the population of the American continent. La Mujer de las Palmas is the name given to a skeleton found in a Tulum cenote in 2005, considered one of the […]
Mexico has questioned the use of cultural elements from the Mayan indigenous community by Chinese fast fashion company Shein in the design of one of its garments, prompting the retailer to remove the product from its website. The Culture Ministry said some details of Shein’s “Fan-Trim Top with Floral Print” were similar to a traditional […]
By Gabriel D. Wrobel, Associate 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 […]
The potential storm would be born from showers and thunderstorms that are grouped just east of the Yucatán Peninsula and are expected to consolidate into a more concentrated area of low pressure as they shift north and east over the Gulf of Mexico in the coming days. The remnants of Hurricane Agatha, which slammed into […]
With 34 students, a number higher than the one expected, the Yucatan state government launched the new postgraduate program in Aeronautical Engineering at the Metropolitan Technological University (UTM), the only one in the state to train specialists to apply their competence, skills, and abilities to propose solutions to the aerospace sector, improve its environment and […]
Millions of years of limestone erosion under Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula has created miles and miles of under-earth rivers and cave systems. Occasionally the ceilings collapse, opening an area that may look like a big puddle or a lake, allowing divers to enter and explore. Some are large openings and some small, some shallow and some deep: All […]
It is expected that this phenomenon can be appreciated from the Yucatan Peninsula. Yucatan and the Peninsula will be the site where a total solar eclipse can be seen, according to the projections made by experts on the subject, which will take place in October 2023, that is, in just two years. So far, there are data that the […]
Looking for one of the best cheap beach towns in Mexico? You’ve found it! A lesser-known Mexico beach destination, though it won’t be for long, El Cuyo, Yucatan, Mexico is a pretty town with one of the best beaches on the Gulf of Mexico. Located between Cancun and Merida Mexico, near the pink lakes of Las […]
The jaguar population in Mexico increased by about 800 animals from 2010 to 2018, according to the first two censuses of the elusive carnivores ever conducted in the country. The news confirms that Mexico’s national strategy to protect jaguars is working, researchers reported recently in the journal PLOS One. “It was incredible to see jaguars in […]
