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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office also returned fossils of a 60 million-year-old marine oyster to the Mexican authorities.

For the ancient Maya people who lived across central America for thousands of years, the cacao plant that chocolate comes from was considered to be a gift from the gods – so much so that beans from these trees were used as a unit of currency.

As much as modern society worships chocolate, cacao — the plant chocolate comes from — it was believed to be even more divine to ancient Mayas. The Maya considered cacao beans to be a gift from the gods and even used them as currency because of...

Findings show links among cacao cultivation, religion, power in region

As much as modern society worships chocolate, cacao — the plant chocolate comes from — it was believed to be even more divine to ancient Mayas. The Maya considered cacao beans to be a gift from the gods and even used them as currency because of...

Findings show links among cacao cultivation, religion, power in region. For as much as modern society worships chocolate, cacao — the plant chocolate comes from — was believed to be even more divine to ancient Mayas. The Maya considered cacao...

Three pre-Hispanic ceramic vessels used in Maya rituals were recently found in a famous Yucatan cave system, where they were once filled with sacred waters.

Researchers found incense burners, a vessel containing cremated remains and other artifacts in the former capital of Tenochtitlán

Archaeologists have found an Aztec altar beneath Mexico City with human remains and ritual artifacts, which was used after the fall of Tenochtitlán in 1521 AD.

An alter has been found in Mexico City that was built by the Aztecs in the 16th century. A pot containing burned human remains was also found, suggesting the ashes were from a human sacrifice.