María Lionza statue María Lionza is an indigenous Venezuelan religion that dates back to the 14th century...
Day: November 26, 2018
The shrinking of human heads was originally only practised by the Shuar people to trap the souls...
Print depicting enslaved people producing sugar in Antigua, 1823 / British Library, Public Domain After the Caribbean...
Slaves loading rum barrels from Ten Views in the Island of Antigua (1823) by William Clark. Courtesy British Library/Wikipedia...
How colonists cloaked violence beneath a veneer of gentility and conquered peoples held to religion to preserve their...
Temple II, Tikal, Guatemala. The temple was used as a tomb, probably for the queen of Maya ruler Jasaw Chan K’awiil (r....