Though he didn’t realize it at the time, he had just discovered an Olmec head, an artifact created by one of oldest and most important civilizations in the Americas. Since then, a total of 17 ...

The shift from ancient to modern metropolises often leaves historians and curious minds asking: which are the oldest ...

One of the oldest civilizations in Mesoamerica, the Mokaya were skilled artists, farmers, traders and even sportsmen.

New World” and “Old World” are concepts still widely used to refer to the Western and Eastern Hemispheres, respectively, ...

Almost 2,000 objects from three disparate geographic areas are back on view at The Met in a light-filled wing overlooking ...

The Aztec, Olmec, and Maya of Mesoamerica are known to have made rubber using natural latex—a milky, sap-like fluid found in some plants. Mesoamerica extends roughly from central Mexico to ...

When Louisa Rogers leaves her part-time Guanajuato home each year, she misses the warmth and sense of community she ...

Throughout history, civilizations across the world have created materials that were way ahead of their times using limited ...

A 5,000-year-old fire altar unearthed in Peru's Supe Valley is rewriting the origins of American civilization with echoes ...

It is known that the Olmecs had three major cities: San Lorenzo, La Venta, and Laguna de los Cerros. (La Venta was the site of the first pyramid built in Mesoamerica). This civilization practiced ...