Four intact coffins made of clay were unearthed during construction work in eastern Cyprus. The coffins are about 2,000 years old. Human skeletal remains and glass and terracotta vessels were also found. National Geographic Daily News reports on the discovery of the “oldest known Central American pyramid tomb” at Mexico’s Chiapa de Corzo site, with […]

A 2,700-year-old tomb discovered in a pyramid in southern Mexico may be the oldest pyramid tomb to be documented in Mesoamerica. The tomb was built by the Zoque Indians, and ceramics inside the tomb show influences from the Olmec culture. Greek police have confiscated two marble statues from two farmers who tried to sell them.  […]