Picture Credit: AsiaWire/Ministry of Environment Cambodia A man strolling in the jungle has found a 1,500-year-old statue of a legendary sea creature carved into a large rock. According to local media, craftsman Chhim Samrithy, 38, found the statue of Makara, a legendary sea-creature in Hindu mythology, in the Phnom Kulen…
Story By: Jonathan Macias, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News A German woman who inherited valuable pre-Hispanic archaeological artefacts in her father's estate has voluntarily handed them back to Mexican officials. According to the Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs, the three artefacts that in one case are up to 1,800 years old were…
Story By: Jonathan Macias, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News These are the foundations of a pre-Hispanic Aztec house which have been found in a municipality in Mexico City during maintenance work on a promenade. The discovery took place on a promenade called Paseo de las Hormigas in the municipality of Azcapotzalco in…
Story By: Ana Lacasa, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Video Credit: CEN/@ProyectoEspecialNaylampLambayeque Experts have discovered 11 ancient graves and skeletons during an archaeological dig in northern Peru including a one with a sceptre and one in a roofed chamber that may have belonged to an elite priest. The discovery took place at…
Story By: Jonathan Macias, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News A lawyer is being investigated for allegedly drink driving on the ancient Mesoamerican ‘Roadway of the Dead’ at night which is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The accident took place at the site of Teotihuacan in the State of Mexico in central Mexico…
