Archaeological excavations in Ecuador recently revealed the haunting grave of a pregnant woman who was buried 1,200 years ago. The woman was likely between the ages of 17 and 20 and just weeks away ...

The Aztec deity Xolotl was seen as the twin brother of Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god linked with life and light. In many ways, Xolotl was Quetzalcoatl’s opposite. He was associated with ...

And as some priests engaged with Brahmins, they found that the trappings of many gods were simply a humanised vision of something more akin to a familiar and orthodox monotheism. A recognition of ...