A majestic row of five circular pyramids known as yácatas dominates a promontory overlooking Lake Pátzcuaro in the western Mexican state of Michoacán. Embodying the former might of the Purépecha ...

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The specialist in Mesoamerican history warns against revisionism: ‘The course of the conquest could have been different ...

Ruth E. Carter just became the most-nominated Black woman in Oscar history. Here are the films that helped her get there.

Across millennia, continents and cultures, communal bathing has formed a core pillar of daily life. Jessie Stoelwinder lists the traditions worth seeking out for a local immersion.

One of the two volcanoes that formed Ometepe Island looms over Nicaragua’s Lake Cocibolca—also known as Lake Nicaragua. The island was at the center of a cultural region known to scholars as Greater ...

Large, polychromatic images remain in canyon shelters along the Pecos and Rio Grande rivers. Ranging in earthy black, red, ...

Think “poinsettia” and you think “Christmas,” right? Well, think again. At the time of the first Christmas, the closest poinsettia to the little town of Bethlehem was 8,000 miles away, clinging to ...

The historical image of the Huei Tzompantli or the bustle of the Tlatelolco market has, with good reason, dominated the ...