Aztec and Mayan—two names often linked together in history, but are they really the same? In this video, we explore the ...

For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

The Aztec civilization is one such iconic ancient mesoamerican ... What it’s about: Apocalypto takes place in Yucatán around the year 1502 while the Mayan civilization is undergoing rapid decline. The ...

In Mesoamerica, the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl—the feathered serpent—embodied wisdom, creation, and fertility. Similarly, the Maya revered Kukulkan, a feathered serpent deity associated with resurrection ...