History did not unfold the way modern textbooks tell it. Long before Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared in 1531, Mexico was ruled ...

Clash of Empires. For the first time, the Dark Knight steps outside the traditional no-kill rule, and the context behind it reveals why this version of Batman operates so differently. This Elseworlds ...

According to the poinsettia is native to Mexico, first cultivated as a gift from the gods to the Aztec. Later, in the 17th ...

The Aztec calendar stone is one of the most recognisable artifacts from ancient Mexico, plastered on t-shirts, tourist tat, ...

A series of stones carved with images of snakes, warriors, and headless prisoners has been found at the sacred Aztec site of Tenochtitlan in Mexico City's historic center. The 25 images, carved from ...

Chocolate, often called the “food of the gods,” was essentially the Coca-Cola of the 16th century: coveted, intoxicating, and ...

Ehecatl was the wind god of the Aztec pantheon. As a weather deity, he was also indirectly connected to agriculture and the fertility of the land. Additionally, Ehecatl is commonly regarded to be an ...

Few festivals of the ancient world are as strikingly eerie and gruesome as the Aztecs' Tlacaxipehualiztli. Held annually during the second month of the Aztec calendar, Tlacaxipehualiztli was a ...

Gods of death — like Anubis of ancient Egypt, the Norse deity Hel, and Mictlāntēcutli, the vicious ruler of the Aztec underworld — have played a key role in the cultures and religions of civilizations ...

Thousands of years ago, somewhere on the warm seacoasts of the North American continent, an Indian picked up a sea snail’s shell, blew a tentative toot. He had a horn. Perhaps he did not catch on at ...

XIXA's new album, "XOLO," is a concept album inspired by Aztec culture and a French street theater production. The album features guest appearances from Mona Chambers and members of the band Modern ...