The archaeological team ... of the earth goddess Tlaltecuhtli (pronounced tlal-TEK-tli)—the symbol of the Aztec life and death cycle, squatting to give birth while drinking her own blood ...

Archaeologists excavating at the foot of the Aztecs’ Great Temple, in downtown Mexico City, discovered a dazzling collection of gold artifacts and the skeleton of a juvenile wolf. Occupying a ...

The stone has long been an emblem of Mexican identity. Commissioned by the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II (r. 1502–1520), the nearly 12-foot-wide stone was completed during his reign, in about 1511.

Today, Teotihuacán is a UNESCO World Heritage site and remains a cornerstone of Mesoamerican history. Sugiyama's team ...

Numerous Aztec skull-shaped whistles have been found in tombs dating from the period between 1250 and 1521 AD, with many preserved in archaeological collections worldwide. It is presumed that the ...

"There were several Aztec gods that were represented by skulls ... that no such skull has ever been uncovered at an official archaeological excavation led the British Museum to extrapolate ...