News and stories from Mexico

6 stories set in Mexico, including Veracruz, Mexico, Tabasco, Mexico, Oaxaca, Mexico, Yucatán, Mexico, Mexico, Chiapas, Mexico.

Stories in Mexico

Olmec colossal heads of San Lorenzo: a world wonder of c. 1200 BCE (World Wonder · Veracruz, Mexico) — c. 1200 BCE, Veracruz, Mexico. Basalt portraits up to 3 metres high, floated from the Tuxtlas, likely rulers in helmets — the first colossal
La Venta ceremonial core: a world wonder of c. 900 BCE (World Wonder · Tabasco, Mexico) — c. 900 BCE, Tabasco, Mexico. An Olmec capital with a clay pyramid, mosaic pavements of jaguar masks, and buried offerings of jade that nobod
Monte Albán: a world wonder of c. 500 BCE (World Wonder · Oaxaca, Mexico) — c. 500 BCE, Oaxaca, Mexico. Zapotec builders flattened a mountain top into a ceremonial city of pyramids, a ballcourt, and the Danzantes rel
Chichén Itzá — El Castillo: a world wonder of c. 900 CE (World Wonder · Yucatán, Mexico) — c. 900 CE, Yucatán, Mexico. The Kukulkan pyramid is a calendar in stone: 365 steps, and on equinox the serpent’s shadow crawls the stair.
Teotihuacan: a world wonder of c. 100 CE (World Wonder · Mexico) — c. 100 CE, Mexico. Avenue of the Dead, Pyramid of the Sun and Moon — a planned metropolis that awed the later Aztecs.
Palenque — Temple of the Inscriptions: a world wonder of c. 683 CE (World Wonder · Chiapas, Mexico) — c. 683 CE, Chiapas, Mexico. Pakal’s tomb under a pyramid — a Maya king buried with a jade mask and a lid that still sparks wild theories.