A decade-old LiDAR survey meant for forest research accidentally revealed over 6,500 unknown Maya structures in Campeche, ...

The route from the land of the dead to San Andrés Mixquic, a little town just outside Mexico City, is lined with marigolds. Angel Jiménez del Aguila, who died in 2010, need only follow the trail of ...

Egypt is inaugurating the Grand Egyptian Museum, the world's largest museum dedicated to its ancient civilization and an effort aimed at boosting the country's tourism industry and troubled economy.

Two decades in the making, the museum located near the Giza Pyramids and Sphinx showcases over 50,000 artifacts detailing life in ancient Egypt.

For centuries the cempasúchil, or the Mexican marigold, have been used on the Día de los Muertos. A nursery in Juáres ...

It is clear that the sprawling city of Teotihuacan near Mexico City was a major metropolis of the ancient world, but what do ...

See how the city's residents sought out chinampas, human-built islands that once fed several hundred thousand people, for sustenance and solace during COVID-19. Dario Velasco plants Creole corn on his ...

Beneath the Church of Our Lady of Remedies in Mexico lies the world’s largest pyramid by volume, the Great Pyramid of Cholula. Built over centuries and layered with temples, it predates the Aztecs and ...

While others made sleek metallic sculptures, she favored humble materials like lumber and glue. The Times called her “one of ...

Long before the Maya and Aztecs rose to prominence, the Olmec civilization flourished in Mexico and Central America, leaving behind an enduring legacy. Often hailed as the "mother culture" of ...

A painting of Malinche with Cortés by Roberto Cueva del Rio. Credit: Jujomx – CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Mexico has launched a government-led effort to vindicate the life and legacy of a ...

According to official records, Mexico’s most visited archaeological sites are Teotihuacán and Chichén Itzá. The first is a ...