At the height of the Mayan empire 1,400 years ago, the city of Tikal in modern-day Guatemala was a bustling metropolis the size of London during the Middle Ages. But when the Spanish conquistadors ...

THE AZTECS of central Mexico attributed ... is said to have originated in the Amazon at least 4,000 years ago. The cacao tree was worshipped by the Mayan civilization, who believed it to be ...

Although the Maya weren’t scoffing the bars we know and love today. It all starts with the cacao bean. Yes, we spelled that right - cacao is the Spanish word for chcahuatl, which is what Aztecs ...