artistic director Michael Zuraw assembled an accomplished lineup of musicians for a concert titled "Xochiquetzal and Kukulkan," comprising works inspired by Mayan and Aztec mythology and evoking ...

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 ...

Instruments made of clay, turkey feathers, sugar cane, frog skins and other natural materials were an integral part of pre-Columbian life, found at nearly every Mayan site. The Aztecs sounded the ...

Unlike the usual fantasy fare of elves and dragons, the hundreds of cards in “Lost Caverns of Ixalan” burst with goblin pirates, vampire conquistadors, Mayan-style merfolk and Aztec-inspired ...

"There are only four Mayan codices in the world, and Mexico holds only one. The BnF also owns the Aztec codex Telleriano-Remensis, which is also of great importance for describing the Aztec ...