Egypt, one of the oldest countries in Africa, calls itself Masr in Arabic, thought to come from the word “Mizraim”, a ...

Chocolate itself first began as Xocolatl, or “bitter water,” a spiced drink made from ground cacao beans, chiles and spices ...

In the second part of our series, we take a look at how more Mexican states' names came to be and what they mean today.

Aztec religion was polytheistic, meaning there were many different gods ... People also considered this Aztec god to be a symbol of fertility and creation. Quetzalcoatl played a central role ...

This baby name is inspired by an Aztec goddess that’s meant to inspire compassion. Although this name has different meanings depending ... choosing to use it as a symbol of devotion to the ...

Photo by Ray Mark Rinaldi, Special to The Denver Post All communication relies on a code of sorts, a combination of symbols ... the early days of Mayan and Aztec practices comes from ...

I mean, you just can watch so much ... Michael: I had a drawing of an Aztec warrior and they said this was a symbol of a prison gang. Parry: So we decided what we're going to do is build these ...

Perhaps though, it’s not a black hole at all but instead a tool and symbol that recurs throughout Coil’s discography – the obsidian scrying mirror, of reputed Aztec origin ... church but also the ...

Chris Fonseca’s art mural “The Love Letter” is unveiled Wednesday at Hemisfair as a tribute to the 1968 World's Fair.