MEXICO CITYMEXICO CITY — Archaeologists found some of the richest and most unusual Aztec offerings ever in excavations under a mammoth slab depicting an earth goddess and said Wednesday they hope to ...
Mexican archaeologists say they have found signs that the tomb of an Aztec emperor could lie beneath a recently excavated stone monolith showing a fearsome, blood-drinking god. It would be the first ...
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Archaeologists believe that a stone shrine discovered in the middle of a pond beside a volcano in Mexico served as a map of the universe for the ancient Aztec civilization. The shrine was discovered ...
The Aztec Empire was formed after the three ruling cities around the Valley of Mexico – comprising of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopa – joined forces in 1428. Tenochtitlan would quickly become the ...
Aztec art is stunning in its sophistication, but it is filled with macabre and terrifying images. It is not, says Richard Dorment, for the faint-hearted Dramatic: the truly terrifying Mictlantecuhtli ...
The massive object at the heart of Mexico’s largest and most popular museum is so mysterious that nobody knows quite what to call it. The label on its pedestal reads “Piedra del Sol,” or “Stone of the ...
A massive disk of intricately carved stone looms over a gallery in Mexico City’s National Museum of Anthropology. The stone has long been an emblem of Mexican identity. Commissioned by the Aztec ruler ...
There are watches, and then there are watches. This is the latter. Called Fuego Nuevo, it’s a unique piece from Louis Moinet that features a dial made from meteorite with a laser-etched replica of the ...
SANTA ANA – Eight people from Orange County and the Inland Empire were arrested Tuesday and charged with being involved with a methamphetamine-trafficking ring that used Aztec calendars and statues to ...