The muxe — Indigenous Zapotec people in Mexico — view themselves as neither man nor woman. They embrace a distinct 'third gender,' part of a burgeoning LGBTQ+ movement worldwide.

The Zapotec civilization, one of Mesoamerica's earliest societies, built Monte Alban, among North America's first major cities. This urban center housed 25,000 people and endured for over 1,200 years.

A rchaeologists have discovered a series of ancient tunnels beneath a centuries-old church in southern Mexico, believed by the ancient Zapotec civilization to be the "entrance to the underworld ...

Evidence points to the Zapotec civilization, which followed the Olmecs, as the birthplace of Mesoamerica’s first written calendar. 5. The Andean Civilizations ©Leonid Andronov/Shutterstock.com.

Indigenous communities across the region are built on matriarchal foundations, like the Juchitec matriarchy of the Zapotec civilization in Mexico and Costa Rica's matriarchal Bribri society.

Guiengola, located in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, was once a lively city with an organized urban layout, Ramón Celis’ research found. Thought to have been built sometime during the Post-Classic ...

Many Californians celebrate Mother's Day twice, particularly those of Latin descent. The U.S. tradition, which dates to 1908, honors moms around the nation on the second Sunday in May. Dia de la ...

The Zapotec civilization, which was around between 700 BC and 1521 AD, walled up these tunnels, but archaeologists have now discovered its entrance beneath a church in Mexico.

Located in the state of Oaxaca, around 17 miles from the Pacific coast, the city was built by the Zapotec civilization, one of the most influential pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica.

Many Californians, especially those of Latin descent, celebrate Mother's Day twice. Dia de las Madres, Mexican Mother's Day, is celebrated annually on May 10.