Long before the Spanish arrived, Mexico was already home to powerful civilizations built on farming, trade, warfare, and religion—rising and collapsing over thousands of years. The Olmecs laid early ...

Relief of Osiris from the Temple of Seti I, Abydos, Egypt. According to Egyptian mythology, Egypt’s first king Osiris sailed around the world spreading knowledge, exactly like the Feathered Serpent ...

Let’s be honest — most of us love chocolate. We enjoy it in ice cream, cakes, candy bars, and chocolate chip cookies, and ...

A chance discovery in Veracruz uncovers the first Olmec colossal head and opens the mystery of Mesoamerica’s earliest powerful societies. From San Lorenzo and La Venta to lidar-revealed mega-centers ...

As a travel journalist, I have spent significant chunks of my life over the past two decades in Mexico. I have lived for several weeks or months in different places — inside and around Merida, Oaxaca, ...

Renowned for their precision, vision, and place in time, Mesoamerican calendars have long been held up as an example of the early advancement of the civilizations of the indigenous people of North, ...

COLORADO, USA — Central to many Latin cultures is corn, a grain with a historical significance that goes back thousands of years. To create food and art celebrating corn in the present is to pay ...

ARCHAEOLOGY holds no more compelling mystery than that of the Olmec Indians, who ruled the Gulf coast of Mexico even before the time of Christ. The well-known Mayan, Toltec and Aztec civilizations all ...

Native American cultures have gifted the world with numerous innovations that continue to impact our lives today. From practical tools to recreational inventions, their creativity and ingenuity are ...