In other words, the terrifying ambiguity of the death whistle apparently ignites the imagination as the brain struggles to ...

Stephen Kane told Newsweek: "If it was me as a kid, I will have told this story a million times growing up especially having friends to confirm my story!" ...

Day of the Dead, or Dia De Los Muertos, is an annual holiday that honors the memory and life of deceased loved ones on Nov. 1 ...

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While Halloween has its origins in pagan and Christian traditions, Day of the Dead has indigenous roots as a celebration of the Aztec goddess of death. Day of the Dead can be traced back to the ...

The Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan had a large bone rack, called a tzompantli, that stored thousands of human skulls. And when Aztec commoners buried deceased family members under their own houses ...

By the 1800s, the Day of the Dead markets in Mexico City were also selling clothing, shoes, furniture, tools, home decor, and ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Every year, five hours west of Mexico City on Lake Pátzcuaro in Michoacán, residents flock to the island of Janitzio to visit the graves of their departed relatives.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ezekiel Stear, Auburn University (THE CONVERSATION) Every year, five hours west of ...