Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Collage of an ancient tomb's interior with intricate carvings and a close-up of a carved face. The mythical “Cloud People” have ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Mexican officials are calling the discovery of a Zapotec tomb one of the country’s greatest archaeological finds of the last decade. The tomb, dated ...

A remarkably preserved Zapotec tomb, dating back to 600 AD, has been unearthed in Mexico's Oaxaca mountains. Featuring an owl sculpture guarding the entrance and vivid murals depicting funerary ...

A sculpture of a man's head inside the beak of an owl is thought to represent the individual buried inside the tomb. - Luis Gerardo Peña Torres INAH Archaeologists have discovered a 1,400-year-old ...

The indigenous hands behind California’s food industry finally have a seat at the table.

The Zapotecs were a major pre-Hispanic civilization that flourished in Oaxaca from circa 700-500 BC until the Spanish conquest. A Zapotec tomb from 600 CE was discovered by Mexico’s National Institute ...

This story first appeared on Felicia Lee’s Open Salon blog. Tortillas are sacred in the Zapotec village of San Lucas Quiaviní, Oaxaca. Devotees worship them by ripping them into little pieces and ...

Andres Henestrosa Morales, a prolific poet, essayist and journalist whose lyrical writings helped raise the cultural profile of Mexico’s indigenous people, particularly the Zapotec Indians of southern ...

The mythical “Cloud People” have descended from legend — straight into real life. Archaeologists in southern Mexico have uncovered a stunning 1,400-year-old tomb built by the ancient Zapotec ...