A Colorado State University archaeologist and his team have discovered the ruins of an ancient urban center in the heart of the Purépecha Empire in Lake Pátzcuaro Basin, located in the central Mexican state of Michoacán.
At the time of European contact, the Purépecha Empire – sometimes called the Tarascan Empire – controlled much of western Mexico with a mutually fortified frontier shared with their rivals, the Aztecs to the east.
The settlement may be as large as 5 square kilometers and dates to A.D. 1000-1520. Initial results suggest the peak occupation of the …
A two-feet-long idol made of granite stone of Lord Buddha sitting in a Bhumispasha posture was unearthed in Kuarada
village under Korei block of Jajpur district on Friday. The idol was found after some workers stumbled on the image while digging a pond. Later, the villagers stopped the digging work.
The stone image is a rare discovery in the state as Lord Buddha sits in a Bhumisparsha posture, said Buddhist researcher Dr Harish Chandra Prusty. Later, the villagers installed the image in the middle of the village and started worshipping it. Kuarada …
Skeletons provide first material evidence of conquest-related fatalities
The ancient stone spheres of Costa Rica were made world-famous by the opening sequence of “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” when a mockup of one of the mysterious relics nearly crushed Indiana Jones. Here, we investigate the mystery of these spherical rocks.
