These empires may be long gone, but their myths still echo through history. The Maya, Aztec, and Inca told stories of gods ...

Aztec and Mayan—two names often linked together in history, but are they really the same? In this video, we explore the fascinating differences and similarities between these two ancient languages.

Even before Olmec times, the idea of fertile caves was shown as a four-lobed motif resembling a flower – an important symbol that continued even into the 16th century with the Aztec.

Chronicles by Spanish priests from the 1500s described the Aztec and Mayan sounds as sad and doleful, although these may have been only what was played in their presence.

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 has one of the richest archaeological heritages in the world thanks to the ancient Mayan and Aztec civilisations. But the looting of archaeological sites and trafficking of ancient relics ...

The film and a new comic book series draw from Aztec and Maya civilizations' entreaties to “be aware of what you are doing on the planet," says screenwriter Boise Esquerra.