It sounds like a scream from the depths of the underworld. It’s a haunting, ear-piercing shriek that stirs something primal ...

As the brightly colored feather headdresses of Danza Guadalupana de Nuestra Senora del Valle seemingly floated around the ...

Tenochtitlán, the capital of the Aztec Empire, was founded in 1325. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Images: Public domain and Txllxt TxllxT via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 As early as ...

Guy Hermelin of Key West wins the second-place prize of $3,000 in the 41st annual Key West Business Guild Headdress Ball with his ‘DJ Time Warp’ creation. CAROL TEDESCO/FantasyFest.com Huge, ...

PULLMAN – When Washington State arrives in San Diego this weekend, the Cougars might want to check out the pipes. Try out the sinks. Make sure everything is good. During the last decade, when ...

The 40th annual Headdress Ball, an over-the-top showcase for mask-makers and costumers, takes place Thursday, Oct. 24, at Key West’s Coffee Butler Amphitheater in Truman Waterfront Park. Celebrating ...

The second day of Royal Ascot has started, with many women wearing ornate headdresses to mark the occasion. Seijyu Kaho poses for a photograph ahead of the races. Racegoers have pulled out all the ...

Author DBC Pierre travels through Mexico on a personal odyssey to recount the fate of the Aztec civilization. In this extract, he investigates the unfolding of a legendary doomsday prophecy.

It is unclear exactly how the headdress, made of hundreds of long quetzal feathers and more than 1,000 gold plaques, ended up in Austria, where it is on display at a museum in Vienna.

It is unclear exactly how the headdress, made of hundreds of long quetzal feathers and more than 1,000 gold plaques, ended up in Austria, where it is on display at a museum in Vienna. Historians ...

And the feather headdresses are symbolic of one particularly important tradition, according to photographer Eric Lafforgue. 'The guys who wear feather headdresses have just been circumcised,' he ...