Archaeologists Uncovered a 1,400-Year-Old Tomb. Officials Say It’s the Find of the Decade.
created: Jan. 28, 2026, 2 p.m. | updated: Feb. 2, 2026, 11:36 a.m.
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 to 600 C.E., features colorful murals that experts hope they can soon decipher.
Officials are lauding a newly unearthed tomb, tucked into the Central Valley of Oaxaca in Mexico, as the greatest archaeological discovery made in the country in the last decade.
The tomb features sculptural elements and mural paintings that contain symbols often associated with power and death, while friezes and tombstones bear inscriptions which appear to reference calendars.
Experts with INAH believe that the portrait may be of the ancestor to whom the tomb was dedicated.
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