The majestic pyramids and temples of the ancient Zapotec kingdom of Monte Alban sit spectacularly atop a hill in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca. More than 1,000 years ago, Monte Alban was the ...

With meticulous care the archeologist’s pick & shovel gang cleared the entrance to another old tomb. Here, atop Monte Alban which overhangs the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca, might be some treasure ...

Monte Albán, literally "White Mountain," contains the preserved ruins of a Zapotec city. Travelers will find pyramids, temples, plazas and more atop this mountain, which rises 1,300 feet above the ...

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Inhabited over a period of 1,500 years by a succession of peoples – Olmecs, Zapotecs and Mixtecs – the terraces, dams, canals, pyramids and artificial mounds of Monte Albán were literally carved out ...

EXCAVATION of the Mixteco-Zapotecan necropolis on Monte Alban, near Oaxaca, Mexico, which has been in progress under the direction of Dr. Alfonso Caso without interruption since 1932, has produced a ...

This Mixtec masterpiece was one of more than 120 gold artifacts discovered in a tomb in southern Mexico. Its complex iconography has led to heated debate over the identity of its owner. This stunning ...