The Purepecha people of Mexico built a large empire in what is now the western state of Michoacan, beating back the Aztecs at a shared border and resisting Spanish colonization until European ...

When researchers surveyed the ruins of a Purépecha Empire city in Mexico the old-fashioned way a decade ago, it took them two seasons to explore two square kilometres. Good thing they decided to ...

Here are five facts to know about the Purépecha's annual celebration of the Virgin in the eastern Coachella Valley. 1. The tradition has lasted more than 15 years ...

The Purépecha are a group of indigenous people from the northwestern region of Michoacán, Mexico. Lidar scans from aircraft (pictured) have revealed some of their cities.

A Purepecha Indigenous woman lights a copal incense during a rest stop in the mountains by a group walking from Erongaricuaro, where residents kept a flame alive for one year, to Ocumicho in ...

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