Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Olmec culture deeply shaped later Mesoamerican civilizations like the Aztecs. Danny Lehman/The Image Bank via Getty Images An ...

[Part 1] Aztec -- 1. The historical and geographical background of the Aztecs -- 2. The people -- 3. The Aztec "kings" and the directing classes -- 4. The achievements -- [Part 2] Maya -- 1. This ...

These empires may be long gone, but their myths still echo through history. The Maya, Aztec, and Inca told stories of gods who shaped the cosmos, demanded sacrifice, and fought battles far beyond ...

At the height of their power, the Aztec Empire supported a population of up to 3 million in the Valley of Mexico, and many of their largest cities had populations exceeding 100,000. This was not easy, ...

AT a meeting of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on October 24, an address on "The Maya Civilization of Yucatan"was given by Dr. Douglas Guthrie, of the Department of the History of Medicine, University ...

An extremely important 1-ton sculpture, sometimes referred to by archaeologists as an “Earth Monster” or Monument 9, was repatriated to Mexico from a private collection in Colorado in May 2023, ...

Karl Taube has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. An extremely important 1-ton sculpture, sometimes referred to by archaeologists as an “Earth Monster” or Monument 9, was ...