Instead of consuming Mexico City as a backdrop, you engage it as a living text. Instead of extracting images, you contribute ...

Aside from overseeing Mexico’s archaeological sites and museums, the institute safeguards the country’s cultural heritage, ...

Mexico seeps history and culture from every city and area you visit. It’s characterized by breathtaking beauty along the ...

Ever seen a rock carved by time itself? That’s El Arco de Cabo San Lucas, a natural arch where the Pacific Ocean meets the ...

Making a decision that will change the course of history, Hernán Cortés chooses to disobey his orders and head inland in search of the gold-rich empire of the mysterious Montezuma. Ahead lie the ...

Hernán Cortés has set sail from Cuba, eager to find the truth behind the rumours of gold on the coast of Mexico. Ahead lies a world he can barely imagine - a land of pyramid temples, terrifying gods ...

The site's name, Patlachique, may derive from patla-achiuhcan, meaning "the place where exchanges are made to produce water," based on analysis of the glyph in the 16th-century Codex Vergara. This ...

Learn more about the two-day Mexican holiday, celebrated at the beginning of November, that reunites the living with the dead ...

You’ve heard of Mayan cities of gold. You’ve heard of Aztec blood-filled temples. So why haven’t you heard about the sprawling structures of North America’s Cahokia?

The almighty eagle perched on a cactus while devouring a serpent on Mexico’s flag hints at the myth behind the foundation of ...

See how the city's residents sought out chinampas, human-built islands that once fed several hundred thousand people, for sustenance and solace during COVID-19. Dario Velasco plants Creole corn on his ...

Long considered sacred by indigenous Mexicans, copal has been a part of healing ceremonies for centuries. Now, it lends its ...