The Mexica people ruled the Aztec Empire in the Valley of Mexico for its roughly 90-year duration between the 15th and 16th centuries. Mexica mythology tells of an intoxicated deity, Ometochtli, whose ...

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Special Events Complement the Dedication at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills Celebrating life in Southern California, Forest Lawn(R) will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with the dedication of the Plaza ...

Eduardo de la Cruz intones a ritual prayer to bless seeds of corn in a UCLA professor’s backyard one Friday afternoon. Earlier that day, a group of UCLA students dug little holes in a patch of soft ...

When you compare how movies and TV treat Mesoamerican culture and mythology to how they treat the Ancient Greek world, it’s not hard to see the difference. (Though we won’t get too deep into the ...

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Henry Barajas laughs when he describes how he pitched his recent Latinx fantasy book, Helm Greycastle. "What if Mordor had a southside?" Barajas says. "What if the world of The Lord of the Rings had a ...