Russian Yuri Knorozov cracked the previously undecipherable Maya code, and remarkably, did it long before he ever visited ...

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New and Post-New Left movements in the region show how historical critique can coexist with political imagination.

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Discover the fascinating history of hot chocolate, from its ancient origins to its modern-day gourmet variations.

Woodlawn Academy's annual tamale-making party brings together teachers, students and parents to celebrate Latino culture.

When visiting San Antonio with my family, I came prepared. If we were going to take our son to see the Alamo, I wanted to ...

For most of human history, chocolate existed only in a small corner of the world, in a form that would be all but ...

In a recent study, Ph.D. candidate Yasmine Flynn-Arajdal studied iconographic representations of children in the Classic (ca.

Centuries before Monopoly, there was Patolli, a high-stakes Mesoamerican game of strategy and luck where players wagered crops and wealth as they raced their opponents around a cross-shaped board. The ...

Calakmul remained relatively undisturbed until gum harvesters in Mexico led an American botanist to them in 1931. Here’s what ...