Known as the "Aztec death whistle," this object is an ancient Mesoamerican wind instrument typically crafted into the shape of a skull. While experts aren't sure what the whistle would have ...

A priest saved the stone from destruction after it was unearthed in Mexico City in the late 1700s. Scholars found that it was carved during the short reign of Tizoc, the seventh Aztec tlatoani ...

Archeologists believe Aztec priests carefully layered these offerings in the box within the elevated platform for a ceremony likely attended by thousands of rapt spectators amid the thunder-clap ...

Clash of Empires, the Dark Knight trades his gothic cape for a feathered headdress and the guttural poetry of Náhuatl.

A bounty of Aztec treasures has been discovered by a set of temple steps in Mexico City, Mexico, that archaeologists believe were laid by priests over 520 years ago.

Once every 52 years, Aztec priests let the fire die out. The high priest, wearing a turquoise mask representing Xiuhtecuhtli, would then perform a Xiuhtlalpilli, or "new fire ceremony", which ...

The traditional accounts of Aztec sacrifice are almost too gory to be true. In them, Aztec priests cut beating hearts from the chests of sacrificial victims before throwing them down the steep steps ...

Hygiene and ritual marked every moment of life for pregnant Aztec women. The tlamatlquiticitl—midwife—offered those in her charge a remarkable 16th-century birthing plan, combining practical ...