In the historic centre, the Templo Mayor takes you on a journey through Mexico's past, right back to the days of Tenochtitlán, the ancient island capital.

Tamales can be traced back to between 8,000 and 5,000 BC in the Aztec empire in ancient Mexico. They were the perfect portable meal for travelers, hunters, and warriors as they could be transported ...

In the era of Mexica between the 14th and 16 centuries, it wasn't Christmas that was celebrated but a winter solstice feast.

The Aztec calendar stone is one of the most recognisable artifacts from ancient Mexico, plastered on t-shirts, tourist tat, and […] ...

We've ranked the most interesting archaeological finds of all time, ranging from the intricate ruins of Machu Picchu to the ...

After the Guadalupe event, Native people uninterested in Christ suddenly flocked by the millions to be baptized. Our Lady of Guadalupe bridged an ocean, uniting Europeans and Indigenous Americans. How ...

Jia Xiaobing, an archaeologist with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, says the latest studies on the Hongshan culture's ...

In this installment of William Broyles and Stephen Harrigan’s serialized novel, Don Santiago reveals his astonishing ...

Ricardo 'El Tigre' Peña called the Mission home for nearly 40 years. He taught Aztec dancing, and passed his knowledge down ...

The provenance of 3.4-million-year-old foot bones in Ethiopia may have finally been solved – and could prompt a rethink into how our various ancient human ancestors coexisted. In 2009, Yohannes ...

Research into the Shimao culture of Stone Age China revealed a burial pit filled with skulls from about 4,000 years ago.

Archaeologists have found evidence of a highly gendered Stone Age society in China about 3,800 to 4,300 years ago, with male and female sacrificial victims chosen for separate purposes. Researchers ...