Yucatan

The gods must be angry - or just laughing at the hubris of humanity.

Authorities in Mexico have slapped a "closure" order on a 3-meter-tall aquatic statue of the Greek god of the sea Poseidon that was erected in May in the Gulf of Mexico just off the town of Progreso, Yucatan.

Slovenian archaeologist Ivan Šprajc and his team have discovered the remains of a Mayan city in the rainforest in the south of Mexico, which was an important regional hub of the indigenous society some 1,000 years ago.

Santos Tuz bids his followers farewell with a smile in Maya and Spanish on social media, where the young Mexican teacher shares his Indigenous language with thousands of people.

The 21-year-old, from the southeastern state of Yucatan, discovered his vocation to keep the words of his ancestors alive during the COVID-19 lockdown.

As night fell in Mexico's Yucatan jungle, veterinarian Omar Garcia extracted blood and fluids from a bat as part of an investigation aimed at preventing the next potential pandemic.

A well-preserved Mayan canoe, estimated to be about 1,000 years old, has been found in Mexico during construction work on a major rail link, the country's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) said.

Hurricane Grace bore down on Mexico's Caribbean coast on Aug. 18, grounding flights and forcing tourists in some hotels along the Riviera Maya to hunker down overnight in storm shelters.

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A hurricane warning was in effect for a string of beach resorts, including Cancun, on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami said.

Dozens of black and red hand prints cover the walls of a cave in Mexico, believed to be associated with a coming-of-age ritual of the ancient Maya, according to an archeologist who has explored and studied the subterranean cavern.

Šprajc has been leading archaeological research in the Yucatan peninsula for more than 20 years. His latest expedition to the region bordering Guatemala, which is covered in a thick tropical rainforest, was between March and May, and he presented his findings to reporters in Ljubljana last week.

At least 22 people were killed after "Nate" tropical storm hit Central America, Nova TV reported.

The most severe damage was in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

Thousands have been evacuated, and damage is yet to be assessed.

According to Friday's weather forecasts, "Nate" will reach the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico and later will become a hurricane and hit the US.

The Mexican authorities have prepared shelters, cleared the drainage channels and announced the closure of an airport near the Caribbean coast, preparing for the tropical storm Franklin, the Associated Press reported.