Our global survey of the ancient world’s funerary traditions continues as we venture beyond the familiar shadows of Egypt and Greece. The concept of a 'God of Death' is rarely a singular one; it often ...

Located within the sprawling Chapultepec Forest, the Museo Nacional de Antropología (National Museum of Anthropology) showcases artifacts from Mexico's pre-Columbian era, dating from about 100 B.C. to ...

Across history, civilizations from Ancient Greece and Rome to the Aztec and Norse worlds created gods to explain war, violence, and survival. Some, like Ares, represented chaos and bloodlust, while ...

You never know what the future holds. You can be used to a life on the cultural margins, living in small bodies of water, and ...

Originating from central and southern Mexico, the native Aztec language Nahuatl served as the principal language of the Aztec empire in the 15th century. While it's not necessarily considered ...

Four more names have been added to the cast of Amazon's upcoming God of War live-action series, with Thor's lineage being well represented. Thor's sons Modi and Magni will be played by Louis ...

Fresh off releasing the first look at Ryan Hurst's Kratos, Prime Video has revealed four more actors cast in the live-action God of War series, including the three children of Ólafur Darri Ólafsson's ...

Jay Silverstein received funding from the US National Science Foundation (NSF), the Foundation for the Advancment of Mesoamerican Studies (FAMSI), and The Penn State Hill Foundation that supported his ...