As the son of archaeologists, National Geographic Explorer David Stuart spent his childhood wandering ancient Maya ruins—and helped shape what we know about the civilization today.

Located in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, about 50 km from Warangal, this underrated treasure blends mesolithic ...

Chocolate’s journey from sacred drink to Valentine’s Day symbol was shaped by history, marketing and even chemistry.

The winged serpent in Ancient Greece reveals a profound, long-forgotten link between distant ancient civilizations.

Guacamole was born in Mesoamerica, and today up to 100,000 tons of avocados are consumed in a single day. Learn about the ...

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The central Mexican city of Xochicalco was established around a.d. 670 atop a 400-foot-tall hill. At the city’s highest level, which was only accessible through three defended porticoes, stands its ...

From agriculture to mathematics, Mesoamerica gave the world countless innovations. This article explores how the ancient civilizations of the region shaped modern society in ways we often overlook.

The Mexica people ruled the Aztec Empire in the Valley of Mexico for its roughly 90-year duration between the 15th and 16th centuries. Mexica mythology tells of an intoxicated deity, Ometochtli, whose ...

In a recent study published in the journal Ancient Mesoamerica, Dr. Dean Arnold and his colleagues, Joseph Ball, Laure Dussubieux, and Jennifer Tachek, examined 17 samples of Maya Blue from pottery ...

Nowadays, the ruins of Tikal, an ancient Maya city in northern Guatemala, have been largely reclaimed by the jungle. Howler monkeys jump from pyramid to pyramid. Bats hide in the crevices of abandoned ...

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