They tell us about beliefs, gods, clothing and everyday life. The ancient Egyptians also used papyrus and writing boards to keep records of thing like laws. This is different from societies living ...

In the Aztec writing system, 10-Rabbit is 1502—the ... and disseminate cultural traditions across the countryside as the ancient Romans or Inca did. Instead, the Aztec maintained what some ...

During the second part of the 16th century, Sahagún compiled a vast compendium on Aztec customs, entitled the General History of the Things of New Spain. The lavishly illustrated manuscript ...

Pestarino, Beatrice 2023. Women’s property rights in the Archaic and Classical Cypriot city-kingdoms?. Journal of Ancient History, Vol. 11, Issue. 1, p. 1.

By far the most richly textured and lucid explanation of demonology and angelology I have ever seen. Demons, Angels, and Writing is a consummate work of historical scholarship, capturing the ...

Tlatoani takes the action from city builders like Tropico, transplants it in the era of the Aztec Empire, and prides itself ...

The remains of an ancient Aztec palace have been discovered under a stately building in Mexico City. During renovations at the building off the capital's central Zócalo plaza, workers found ...

Sep. 25, 2024 — Scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back approximately 3,600 years.

A Mexican-American scholar writes that in the 1700s, Day of the Dead generated the largest annual market in Mexico City.

The altar dates back to the time after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlán ... Mexico's National Institute for Anthropology and History (Inah) on Tuesday, after archaeologists ...