Every culture has an origin story. Many Latinos can trace their cultural roots to an epic poem that was passed down in Central America for over a millennium — but this rich, important history has been ...

Diego Rivera was known more for his murals than his watercolors. “Popol Vuh: Watercolors of Diego Rivera” at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana is interesting for that reason, but also for a few more.

That this text survives to this day is something of a minor miracle. Spanish priests threw any Mayan texts they could lay their hands on into bonfires as the works of the devil. However, one complete ...