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One of the victims had ornamental engravings on their teeth, indicating they were high status.
food

Solved: The Mystery of an Ancient Maya Massacre

Clues about the victims’ diet cracked the case.
Reina Gattuso December 18, 2019
Church facade and flagpole.
Angahuan, Mexico

Iglesia de Santo Santiago Apóstol (Church of Saint James the Apostle)

Located in the shadow of a volcano, this church is tied to the culture of the Purépecha people.
A slice-of-life display
Cuenca, Ecuador

Museo Pumapungo (Pumapungo Museum)

This museum’s collection includes rescued birds, fine art, and a collection of shrunken heads.
Inside view of a representation of a communal structure from an Amazon village.
Manaus, Brazil

Museu do Homem do Norte (Northern Man Museum)

This anthropological museum offers a glimpse into the lives of the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon River Basin.
Farmers on a <em>trajinera</em>, a traditional flat-bottomed river boat.
canals

How to Feed a Megacity Like the Aztecs

The chinampas that nourished Tenochtitlan may hold the key to better urban gardens.
Reina Gattuso November 18, 2019
Naa Kahidi Theatre Sealaska Heritage Institute
Juneau, Alaska

Sealaska Heritage Institute

Often mistaken for an office building, inside this venue is an amazing collection of Native Alaskan art.
William Hughes, like other Europeans in the Americas, learned—and often stole—from indigenous people.
pirates

A Pirate Botanist Helped Bring Hot Chocolate to England

William Hughes was a buccaneer with an early recipe for “the American Nectar.”
Reina Gattuso November 14, 2019
Dana Lepofsky examines clam shells at an archaeological site.
science

In Modern-Day British Columbia, Clamming Technology Was More Advanced 3,500 Years Ago

New research has found that indigenous clam gardens are more productive than current practices.
Reina Gattuso October 21, 2019
At Dombo's food stall in Araku, bamboo biryani cooks over an open flame.
food

The Biryani Cooked Inside Bamboo

A tourism bureau's embrace of a tribal dish brings both promise and peril.
Namrata Kolachalam October 16, 2019
Tile depicting the Moche creator god, Ayapec.
Moche, Peru

Huaca de la Luna

The outside of this exposed Moche pyramid is covered with striking colorful adobe friezes.
Jharkhand state government officials visit Ajam Emba's stall at the annual Dumka bamboo festival.
food

The Restaurant Putting India's Disappearing Tribal Cuisine Back on the Menu

In a Ranchi kitchen, local women fight to save indigenous food, one bowl of fish curry at a time.
Reina Gattuso October 3, 2019
Qilakitsoq mummies at the Greenland National Museum.
Nuuk, Greenland

Qilakitsoq Mummies

These eight mummies are the best-preserved human remains ever discovered in North America.
The abandoned Moravian Mission site at Hebron, evacuated in 1959.
Newfoundland and Labrador

Abandoned Hebron Mission

This remote Moravian mission brought Christianity—as well as devastation—to the Inuit people.
Ranchi, India

Ajam Emba

This women-run eatery and cooking school is putting India's long-neglected tribal cuisines back on the menu.
Native to equatorial Africa, kevazingo is also called <em>bubinga</em>, <em>bovenga</em>, <em>amazique</em>, and African rosewood.
forests

Gabon's Sacred Trees Are Becoming China's Upscale Furniture

Worshipped by indigenous groups, kevazingo are illegal to cut—but prized as a rosewood knockoff.
Oliver Whang September 13, 2019
Chahuaytire, Peru

Parque de la Papa

A highland eco-park celebrates more than a thousand varieties of tuber.
Louis Trevino (left) and Vincent Medina (right) plate traditional food at Cafe Ohlone.
Berkeley, California

Cafe Ohlone

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.
Keswick, Australia

Queen Adelaide Restaurant

Dine aboard the historic Ghan train while retracing early explorers' journey through the Outback.