Fact checked by Sarah Scott There’s no doubting the importance of a strong name in Mexican culture. Mexican names are a ...

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Jaime Muñoz is a keen cultural observer. A conversation with him veers from art history, the commercialization of contemporary art, and Mesoamerican symbology to Los Angeles car culture, science ...

Rocket Lab launched a private Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit today (Dec. 21) on the company's final mission of a busy 2024. An Electron rocket lifted off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand ...

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In 1999, the Mexican archaeologist Salvador Guilliem Arroyo unearthed the remains of dozens of victims sacrificed to Ehecatl, the wind god, in Tlatelolco, an ancient city near the Aztec capital of ...

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duncan1890 / Getty Images Egyptian gods and goddesses were an essential part of ancient life. So much so, in fact, that there are said to be over 2,000 deities in the Egyptian pantheon.

12, where mass will be officiated with folkloric dances, including Aztec dancing ... Nahuatl for “our mother,” who was the goddess of earth, agriculture and fertility.