It took a 7.1 magnitude earthquake to unveil one of the pyramid’s oldest secrets: an ancient shrine buried about six-and-a-half feet below Tláloc’s main temple Melitón Tapia / INAH The remains of the ...

The 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Mexico in September 2017 has paved the way for the discovery of an ancient temple that dates back to the 1150-1200 AD. The site has become a tourist attraction through ...

MEXICO CITY – Archaeologists 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 ...

In this photo taken on Sept. 5, 2017, a fountain that Diego Rivera designed featuring the Aztec rain god Tlaloc, stands outside a hydraulic structure called the Carcamo de Dolores, or the Dolores Sump ...

Archeologists said Friday that they had found lightning-bolt-shaped wooden scepters in a Mexican lake that match the description by Spanish priests and conquerors writing 500 years ago about offerings ...

Scottie is a Newsweek science fellow and student at the University of Florida. Her work has appeared in Women's Health, the Gainesville Sun and WUFT, an NPR-PBS affiliate. Mexican excavators recently ...