The Yuruparí jaguar shamans are Indigenous spiritual leaders, reproducing ancient ancestral knowledge in the Amazon rainforest.
La Llorona originated in 16th-century Mesoamerica, blending Aztec mother goddess Cihuacoatl with Spanish colonial legends of tragic maternal grief.
La Santa Muerte is Mexico’s feared folk saint, but who follows her and why has devotion surged across modern Mexico?
The Day of the Dead originated not as a party but as a sacred Aztec ritual honoring Mictēcacihuātl, the Queen of the Underworld who guarded ancestral bones.
Numerous cultures from ancient Mesoamerica influenced the development of the infamous Aztec civilization. Here are five that deserve more attention.
Smallpox decimated New World empires in the 16th century, killing millions, triggering political crises, and facilitating Spanish conquest across the Americas.
The 2006 discovery of the heavily tattooed mummy of a female leader upended historians’ understanding of the pre-Inca Moche civilization.
The Spanish colonization of Peru hardly went unchallenged. Túpac Amaru II led a famous Inca Revolution to try to oust the Spanish, leaving his mark on Peru.
