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

There are watches, and then there are watches. This is the latter. Called Fuego Nuevo, it’s a unique piece from Louis Moinet ...

San Diego State University has a number of student-athletes who come from different cultural backgrounds, one of those being ...

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

Description: Examines the scripts of ancient Mesoamerica, focusing mostly on Maya and Aztec hieroglyphic writing. Subjects include methods of decipherment, the visual encoding of language in art and ...

The Ancient Greeks of China. Greek goddess Athena painted by Fred Henry Andrews for historian Aurel Stein based on a seal found by him from China. Image Credits: Fred Henry Andrews via Ancient Khotan ...

An ancient process has been making a comeback ... when it was the cornerstone of Aztec and Mayan cuisine. According to the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), heat ...

OC Note weaves history lessons into his classes to help spread positive messages to the Chicano community through art, ...

So Day of the Dead comes from a combination of the ancient Aztec custom of celebrating dead ancestors, and the Christian celebrations All Hallows Eve, All Saints Day and All Soul's Day.

Ancient DNA analysis has revealed a detailed picture of the life of a toddler who died in southern Italy 17,000 years ago, possibly due to a congenital heart condition. In 1998, researchers ...

Satellites are helping scientists spot more ancient Mayan ruins than ever before ... managed agriculture and kept records using writing. Mayan sites such as Chichén Itzá in Mexico are today ...

The smaller geoglyphs were along ancient winding trails likely made throughout the desert by Nazca people viewing the symbols in small groups, according to the study. The bigger Nazca symbols were ...