Mesoamerica

Stela 46 from El Palmar, Mexico, shown left, front, and right. Scanning and 3D modeling have revealed an inscription that may include the earliest known Long Count date in the Maya lowlands. Credit: Three-dimensional modeling by Kenichiro Tsukamoto; epigraphic drawing by Octavio Q. Esparza Olguín and Kenichiro Tsukamoto; iconographic drawing by Daniel Salazar Lama, PAEP. From Ancient Mesoamerica (2026). DOI: 10.1017/S0956536126100984

Earliest Mayan date may reveal how rulers turned time into power

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A stone inscription from the site of El Palmer in Mexico appears to bear the earliest known “long count” date in the Maya lowlands: August 31, 180 AD. Researchers say the find shows that Maya rulers used
The city that may be the last city of the Lacandon rebels from Chiapas, Sac-Blanc, has been located. Photo: Josue Losada, CINAH Chiapas.

Has the lost city of the Mayans who rebelled against the Spanish been found?

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Researchers in Mexico have located a site in the jungles of Chiapas that may be Sac-Blam, “Land of the White Jaguar,” the last stronghold of the Lacandon-Chol people who resisted Spanish rule.
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