The Shanghai Museum unveiled an ambitious lineup of 12 new exhibitions set for 2026, including the largest exhibition of ...

Chocolate Day 2026, observed on February 9, marks the most indulgent pause during Valentine’s Week. Here is the history and significance of this sweetest day.

Chocolate Day 2026 is on February 9 this year; the special day comes after Propose Day and is a part of Valentine's Week. Ahead, know more about Chocolate Day.

The ancient Maya and Aztecs had detailed calendars that celebrated New Year’s Eve at different times, with traditions to mark them. Arian Zwegers, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Maya and Aztecs had ...

ONE of the most interesting of all available studies of man’s behavior waits, barely sampled, just beyond our own back yard in what anthropologists call Middle America: the region extending from ...

In my book, Olmec Language and Literature, I explain how I deciphered the Olmec language. One of the most important documents used in my research was a Bi-lingual Mayan-Olmec text inscribed on a brick ...

Long before the Maya and Aztecs rose to prominence, the Olmec civilization flourished in Mexico and Central America, leaving behind an enduring legacy. Often hailed as the "mother culture" of ...

Olmec Stone Head. Credit: Quite Peculiar, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The Aztecs and the Mayans are the most well-known Mesoamerican civilizations, but, in fact, the Olmecs pre-existed them. The Olmecs were the ...

Archaeologists found 14 Mesoamerican rubber balls in 1988 in Mexico and are now racing to stop their deterioration, officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Archaeologists are racing to stop the ...

Audiences jaywalk to a Eugene O'Neill play at the Mayan in 1937 Credit: Works Progress Administration Collection/Los Angeles Public Library Audiences jaywalk to a Eugene O’Neill play at the Mayan in ...

Archaeologists generally have accepted five Mexican cultures—Mayan, Zapotec, Teotihuacan, Totonac and Olmec—as being the oldest in North America, and have dated them around A.D. 300. But last week ...