The study “A Teotihuacan altar at Tikal, Guatemala: central Mexican ritual and elite interaction in the Maya Lowlands” appears in Antiquity (Volume 99, Issue 404, pages 462-480), published in ...

Your Day of the Dead Altar can be an amazing way to celebrate Dia de Los Muertos this Fall. Honor your relatives with this truly authentic Mexican tradition. Día de los Muertos Altar at the ...

The altar paid tribute to David Alfaro Siqueiros, a Mexican muralist who died in 1974. Every year, the institute picks a figure to honor with its ofrenda, and this year Quiroz chose an unusual one.

Since the altar is the “heart and soul” of what Día de los Muertos is all about, it's important to include traditional elements like candles, papel picado, a beverage, or food, Jimenez shared.

Creating an altar has become a collective expression of grief and love. Many here in the U.S. and across the Mexican diaspora are unable to go back to Mexico to be with their loved ones as they ...

NEW YORK. The traditional altar of the Day of the Dead arrived Friday (Oct. 29) at Rockefeller Center in New York, one of the most emblematic places in the city that this year, instead of paying ...

Trayvon Martin. A Paraguayan truck driver and his seamstress wife. Jeff West. A Mexican immigrant. John Philp Thompson. Whether they were well-known in their communities or only to their families ...

Mexican architect Abril Sanchez designed the 9-foot-tall altar that Pope Francis will kneel to pray for immigrants Wednesday.

An East Village Store Displays the Best in Mexican Arts and Crafts Sep. 13, 2012— -- It’s difficult not to feel overwhelmed when you step inside La Sirena. Located in New York City’s East ...

The attendees: The 45 or so guests included chefs — among them Sylvan Mishima Brackett, 47, the owner of the San Francisco izakaya Rintaro, and Ana Castro, 34, of the Mexican restaurant Lengua ...