A swashbuckling archaeologist returns to the big screen next week, in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. As the title suggests, the precious artifact this time around is a crystal ...

There have been many different interpretations of Batman, but this one is something special. Aztec Batman: Choque de Imperios (The Clash of Empires) is a new movie that will follow Yohualli Coatl, a ...

Mesoamerican cultures spanned the the areas of Mexico and Central America for centuries. These had distinctive food cultures ...

An Aztec burial mask housed in the British Museum, crafted from a mosaic of precious stones, depicts a face with boils. Experts point out the boils' resemblance to smallpox, the disease brought by the ...

Many ancient cultures used musical instruments in ritual ceremonies. Ancient Aztec communities from the pre-Columbian period of Mesoamerica had a rich mythological codex that was also part of their ...

The skull-shaped body of the Aztec death whistle may represent Mictlantecuhtli, the Aztec Lord of the Underworld. Credit: Sascha Frühholz / UZH The so-called Aztec “death whistle” is an instrument ...