A mapping expedition in the Tlayócoc cave in Mexico led a professional cave explorer to a hidden chamber containing shocking evidence of an extinct civilization.

These remains, known as shell middens, commonly occur on the surface of sand dunes and vary in size from a few square meters to over a square kilometer. The middens range from a scattered veneer of ...

INAH archaeologists catalogued a total of 14 artifacts from Tlayócoc Cave, including three complete shell bracelets and a fragment of a shell bracelet. The artifacts were carefully placed on top ...

Prosecutor Letitia Fox told Hobart Magistrates Court a gravel road at the site had encroached on shell middens, the remains of meals once gathered and eaten by Aboriginal people. Pipes were placed ...

Within the room, cave explorers discovered bracelets sitting atop stalagmites and other artifacts from a lost civilization. The motif on the shell bracelets traces to the extinct Tlacotepehuas ...