00:00In Mexico, specialists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History
00:04have officially presented Tom 10 of the millennial city of Huitzo.
00:10Several experts consider the archaeological discovery to be the most significant in the country in the last 10 years.
00:15The tom belonged to the Zapotec civilization and is at least 1,400 years old.
00:21It is located in the El Tabali, in the state of Oshaka.
00:25The site is notable for its exceptional state of conservation with a human face at the entrance
00:30and above it an owl, a bird that is a symbol of power and death.
00:35The site conserves paintings representing ceremonial processions with various characters carrying copal.
00:43The discovery has allowed the Institute to begin restoration and protection work
00:47against looting, deterioration and loss of the pieces present at the archaeological site.
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