A family crop was found to be a common denominator. Their diet was primarily maize–or corn–a primary staple food for humans in Mesoamerica. Many civilizations believed human beings were ...

Join me as I explore the incredible Teotihuacan Pyramids, one of the greatest ancient cities of Mesoamerica! 🏛️ From the towering Pyramid of the Sun to the iconic Pyramid of the Moon ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Ozymandias: Mesoamerica Great cities have stood in these jungles and highlands since time immemorial. Upstart tribes threaten the old balance.

It looks as though the next instalment in Ubisoft's ongoing saga of strife and conquest will take place in Baghdad, not Mesoamerica as was originally rumoured. The Assassin's Creed saga began in ...

Is your knowledge of the ancient Maya as extraordinary as their pyramids?

I am an archaeologist specializing in Mesoamerica: an area that encompassed present-day southern Mexico, parts of Costa Rica and all of Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua.

Tamales tell the earliest stories of Latin American traditions and culture. Originating in Mesoamerica, this emblematic food first came to the table shortly after the inception of nixtamal in ...

The Brits formalized the game known globally as football—but its roots date back to ancient China and Mesoamerica. Giovanni Navaro Cornelio, 30, (left) and Arturo Sanchez, 32, play ulama in ...

Archaeological evidence has pointed to the first use of cacao in Mesoamerica about 3,900 years ago. Traditionally, archaeologists have assumed that Mesoamericans were the first not just to use ...

“There are some lessons to be learned from many regions within Mesoamerica,” said its lead author Diane Z. Chase, University of Houston senior vice president for academic affairs and provos ...

But in Africa, cocoa is typically the word you use.” Cacao’s origins can be traced back to ancient Mesoamerica, where it was a precious commodity and frequently traded crop. It’s widely ...

That story went something like this. On this continent, agriculture—and therefore civilization—was born in Mesoamerica, where corn happened to be abundant. The more advanced people there began ...