"189 illustrations, 20 in color." Previous edition: 2008. The first edition (1962) was numbered as volume 29 of this series. "This authoritative volume has been revised throughout and expanded, with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two carved sculptures of heads as seen in a museum. . When they were made: 1200 to 400 B.C. What they tell us about the past: Of ...

Culturally speaking, Mexico seems like a convoluted quilt of languages, dialects and customs. In addition to the best-know groups—the Mayans and the Aztecs, for example—dozens of ethnic groups have ...

Introduction -- Early hunters -- The archaic period -- THe preclassic period: early villagers -- The preclassic period: early civilizations -- The classic period -- The epiclassic period -- The ...

Fernando Ramirez allows himself to think big. He dreamed up an exhibition of alebrijes monumentales, larger-than-life, surreal creatures painted by Mexican artists at Cantigny Park in Wheaton. Ramirez ...