13+ hour, 59+ min ago   (290+ words) Tenochtitlan was the capital of the Mexica (Aztec) civilisation, situated on a raised islet in the western side of the shallow Lake Texcoco, which is now the historic part of present-day Mexico City. The study, published by archaeologist Israel Elizalde…...

6+ mon, 4+ week ago   (343+ words) Excavations uncovered a 40 cm-long pelvis fragment and a piece of tusk measuring 35 cm. An initial study suggested that the remains belonged to a Pleistocene mammal, however, Palaeozoologist Dr. Kamila Waszczuk indicates that they are either the remains of a woolly mammoth…...