Aztec and Mayan—two names often linked together in history, but are they really the same? In this video, we explore the fascinating differences and similarities between these two ancient languages.

Card art for "Resplendent Angel" in "Magic: the Gathering"'s "Lost Caverns of Ixalan" set. (Victor Adame Minguez/Wizards of the Coast) The world’s oldest trading card game, “Magic: The ...

Aztec and Maya civilizations are household names – but it’s the Olmecs who are the ‘mother culture’ of ancient Mesoamerica Published: June 7 ... Elaborate art.

Of Olmec art that has survived the centuries, their carved heads are particularly striking and well known.By 1000 B.C., Olmec sculptors at San Lorenzo, Mexico, had fashioned no fewer than 10 ...

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and grim contents may hold the key to ...

TenochtitlÁn has been rebuilt, or at least a 3D version of it has, and the fascinating work has quickly gone viral. Digital artist Thomas Kole, originally from Amersfoort, Netherlands, has re ...

An ancient Mayan artifact will be returned to Mexico after decades in the hands of private collectors. Representatives from the National Institute of Anthropology and History unveiled the artifact ...

Many scholars regard the Olmec as the “mother culture” of ancient Mesoamerica, a civilization where particular types of monumental architecture, sculpture and gods originated. Among the later Maya, ...