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

The Aztec, Olmec, and Maya of Mesoamerica are known to have made rubber using natural latex—a milky, sap-like fluid found in some plants. Mesoamerica extends roughly from central Mexico to ...

Each draw from different cultures themselves: Aztec, Caribbean, Mayan and Incan civilizations, respectively. In creating “Maya,” Gutierrez and cultural consultant Sandra Equihua consciously ...

Among the later Maya, for example, the gods of wind ... resembling a flower — an important symbol that continued even into the 16th century with the Aztec. The most famous Olmec bedrock carving at ...

The Aztec and Mayan cultures in Mesoamerica and the Incas in Peru rivaled any civilization of their time. They had astronomy and a well-developed understanding of the environment. The Maya ...