D.C., this statue of a goddess giving birth (above) was widely believed to be a pre-Columbian artifact representing Tlazolteotl, a complex Aztec goddess. An Earth deity, she also ruled over the ...

This mask, which is on display at the British Museum in London, is one of several turquoise objects that the Spanish ...

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For the Aztec community in the Basin of Mexico in the mid-15th century, a two-year drought drove them to seek help from the supernatural — and to sacrifice their children. In 1978, workers for a light ...

The festival of Tlacaxipehualiztli, which means to wear the skin of the skinning, was dedicated to him during spring during the Aztec period. Melitón Tapia, INAH Experts identified the sculpture ...

The Aztec expert Kim Richter gives us her more secular understanding of the statue: "I've argued that the sculptures represent the Huastec elite, who dressed up with these fancy costume elements ...

The Aztec expert Kim Richter gives us her more secular understanding of the statue: "I've argued that the sculptures represent the Huastec elite, who dressed up with these fancy costume elements ...