Lasers shot from an aircraft have revealed the remains of a 600-year-old Zapotec city in southern Mexico, a new study finds. The technique, known as lidar (light detection and ranging), works by ...

Mexico, indigenous women are drawing on ancestral knowledge to combat water scarcity and sustain their communities. As detailed in a story by the BBC, Agustina Ortiz returned to her Zapotec ...

The Zapotec also constructed a road network and defensive walls—some still preserved up to five metres in height. Unlike other ancient settlements in Mexico, which continued to be inhabited ...