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.

Thighbone customs of the Zapotec civilization, which reigned from the late 6th century BC to the early 16th century in what is now the Oaxaca valley of Mexico, are best known from burials at a ...

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.

The people that lived in the valley at the time were part of a group known as the Zapotec Civilization. ... Citation: Archeologists unearth oldest Zapotec temple in Mexican valley (2013 ...

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.

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.

The Zapotec civilization was an ancient population living in southern Mexico that is believe to have participated in human sacrifice, according to Encyclopedia Britannica.

Brightly-painted Zapotec murals invoking warfare recently unearthed from tombs in southern Mexico may date back nearly 2,000 years, officials said late on Wednesday of the find that sheds new ...

Oaxaca, located about 300 miles south of Mexico City, is the country's capital of mezcal culture. Founded in 1532, the city is just about as old as the spirit distilled from agave. It's long ...