Topic: National Institute Of Anthropology And History

Mexico signs agreement with Google to push tourism

AP Features - 968 days ago
Mexico signs agreement with Google to publicize archaeology, historical sitesMexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History signed an agreement with Google Mexico to promote archaeological and historical sites in a bid to revive tourism following the swine flu epidemic.The plan ...

Oldest sea turtle fossil unveiled in Mexico

AFP Global Edition - 1077 days ago
Paleontologists on Thursday unveiled the oldest fossil remains of a sea turtle that lived 72 million years ago in northern Mexico, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) said. "It is the oldest sea turtle of its kind and it belongs ...

Mexico says US firm can't explore shipwreck

AP News - 1094 days ago
Mexico denies US firm's request to explore, recover artifacts from shipwreck in Gulf of MexicoMexico has denied a U.S. sea salvage company's request to explore and recover artifacts from a sunken 17th-century Spanish galleon in the Gulf, the government ...

6 villagers killed in clash at Mexico ruins

AP News - 1229 days ago
6 villagers killed in clash with police at Mexican archaeological sitePolice clashed with hundreds of villagers who seized the entrance to a Mayan archaeological site and six protesters were killed, state officials said Saturday.Hundreds of villagers had occupied the entrance to ...

Possible Aztec offerings found in Mexico

AP News - 1726 days ago
Archaeologists Find Wooden Lightning Bolts, Possible Aztec Offerings, in Mexico Volcanic LakeArchaeologists diving into a lake in the crater of a snowcapped volcano found wooden scepters shaped like lightning bolts that match 500-year-old descriptions by Spanish priests and conquerors writing about offerings ...