
New Zapotec Tomb in Oaxaca Unveils 1,400-Year-Old Owl Guardian
Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb in San Pablo Huitzo, Oaxaca, featuring elaborate carvings, murals, and a giant owl sculpture above the burial chamber—plus a sculpted head inside the owl’s beak—signaling the Zapotec view of night and death; the site, remarkably well-preserved, is being stabilized and studied by INAH and was hailed by Mexico's president as a landmark discovery.













