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Known as the "Aztec death whistle," this object is an ancient Mesoamerican wind instrument typically crafted into the shape ...
Mexico City is now one of the world's largest and most densely populated cities. It has five Aztec temples, the ruins of which have been identified, a cathedral (the largest on the continent) and some ...
Aztec temples form the base of the Square of Three Cultures in Mexico City, a monument marking the Aztec, Spanish colonial, and modern period in Mexico’s rich history. Once the baby was welcomed ...
Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of an 800-year-old Aztec pyramid in the heart of Mexico City that could show the ancient city is at least a century older than previously thought.
Mexico City is now one of the world's largest and most densely populated cities. It has five Aztec temples, the ruins of which have been identified, a cathedral (the largest on the continent) and some ...
which took place inside Mexico City’s Catedral Metropolitana—the massive cathedral constructed on sacred Aztec ground where the Templo Mayor (Main Temple) once stood. Built in stages ...
It wasn't until 1978 that the temple dedicated to the Aztec gods Huitzilopochtli and Tláloc (gods of war and water) was unearthed in the heart of Mexico City. Today, the area remains an active ...
The invaders crushed temples and raised churches ... the province of Tlaxcala to the east of Mexico City - a region whose people had bitterly resented Aztec rule, and who had enthusiastically ...