Most fertility goddesses are feminine, beautiful, and loving. Not in Aztec mythology! Meet Tlaltecuhtli: the insatiable sea monster demanding human sacrifice.
The Column of Death within the vast ruins of the Mitla religious center was founded by the Zapotecs, maintained by the Mixtecs, and is still honored today!
Before the pandemic, the long-sought ruins of Sak Tz’i’, a small but influential Mesoamerican kingdom, were discovered on a cattle ranch in Mexico. This summer archaeologists returned to excavate it.