- ... that the canals and chinampas of Xochimilco (pictured), a World Heritage Site in Mexico City, are in danger of disappearing within 50 years?
- ... that the oldest pre-Hispanic tomb in the Americas has been found in Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, Mexico?
- ... that the small Maya city of Itzan in the Petén region of Guatemala featured an unusually large quantity of sculpted monuments?