HOUSTON — Día de Los Muertos is around the corner, and many local families have already started making altars or “ofrendas” to honor those who have passed. But for the family of Arlene Alvarez, who ...
A family altar in the Maya city of Tikal offers a glimpse into events in an enclave of the city’s foreign overlords in the wake of a local coup. Archaeologists recently unearthed the altar in a ...