When the first Spanish conquistadors arrived in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan in 1519, they claimed to have witnessed a ...

Behold the face of Thomas Aquinas-"Beware the man of a single book"-as recreated from a computer-assisted analysis of his ...

In 1924 an Australian anthropologist and anatomist, Raymond Dart, acquired a block of calcified sediment from a limestone ...

Mexico’s Maya and Aztec pyramids deserve a spot high on your travel list ... In 2022, they uncovered a stucco head representing the corn deity Yum Kaax. From Mexico City, fly an hour and 40 minutes to ...

The Chicago Bears announced Tuesday that the team had reached an agreement with former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator to become head coach in the Windy City. The announcement was widely ...

Adding to the pain were the stark labels written on the shrouds: “Skull without a lower jaw”, “Bone fragments”, “Rib cage”, or “Upper and lower limbs”. Instead of names and ages ...

It can be tricky to pinpoint the cause of pain at the base of your skull, the area behind your ears where your head and neck meet. Understanding the cause of the pain can help you determine how to ...

For Twigs, shaving her head was the first step in achieving this. And now, the artist is taking the role of a barber. Using a pair of electric clippers, Twigs shaved the sides of her head in an ...

Rather, he was a psychopomp, or someone who guided souls to Mictlan, the Aztec Underworld. In the culture’s mythology, dogs were also believed to help their masters travel to the afterlife, so Xolotl ...