Less than 20 known precolonial codices from the area of modern-day Mexico exist, and researchers have recently uncovered hidden imagery beneath the pages of one. Dating to around 1560 and known as ...

A message from pre-colonial Mexico has been revealed by researchers, reports the Daily Mail. Through hyperspectral imaging, they have uncovered hidden information on the back of a rare Mixtec ...

Once, the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan had a library full of thousands of written works. But when Spanish conquistadors arrived, they destroyed almost all of these codices—long scrolls folded into books ...

Using a high-tech imaging method, scientists have unveiled details of a Mexican manuscript, dating back from before the Colonization of the Americas, that was concealed under a layer of plaster and ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Full-colored facsimile of a pre-Columbian Mixtec picture ms. mounted on board, connected to form a continuous strip, folded into 42 leaves, the first and last attached to parchment covers. A cover ...