Sabja and chia seeds may appear similar and both form a gelatinous layer when soaked in water, but they are botanically ...

The Aztec Empire may have ended centuries ago, but its presence is far from gone. It lingers in temple ruins, place names, ...

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 ...

Mexico’s Maya and Aztec pyramids deserve a spot high on your travel list ... a Maya city that flourished from around 700 to 900 C.E. The pyramid functioned as an enormous calendar and was designed so ...

In episode #2252 of The Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan delved into European colonizers' catastrophic impact on Mayan and Aztec civilizations, notably by introducing devastating diseases.

The Aztec and Maya calendars shared similarities with today’s calendar, including a 365-day cycle like the Gregorian calendar. However, they also had a 260-day calendar for rituals, with distinct ...

"There are only four Mayan codices in the world ... which is also of great importance for describing the Aztec calendar and religion." A team of scientists is analyzing and dating the codex ...

The Mayan Theatre came on the heels of that scandal ... He quickly assembled a studio space replete with an Aztec calendar and striking furniture culled from his studies. Cornejo was intent ...

Mexican gods symbols. Set of aztec animal bird totem idols,... Mayan culture and people set. Ancient civilisation icons in Mexico vector illustration. Tribal men and woman, Chichen Itza temple, ...

The Chol Q’ij or Tzolk’in Maya calendar ceremony is held in the highlands of Guatemala every 260 days. Pictured above are calendar keepers preparing the altar for the ceremonial fire. Credit: Isabel ...

There were numerous cultural precedents for human sacrifice throughout Mesoamerica: Everyone from the Maya to the Toltecs of Tula practiced some form of it. Archaeologists say that traditions of Aztec ...

Celebrations of the powerful god spread his fame across the region, with the Maya joining ... him for inventing the calendar, discovering maize, and bringing rain clouds, giving him a critical role in ...