The Aztec civilization may have peaked more than 500 years ago, but all the Aztec gods and goddesses remain culturally significant even today. Once central to the Aztec religion, these deities ...

The emperor enjoyed entertaining—"in his house the music never ceased ... to the high stakes involved. For the Aztec, the appeasement of the gods—and thus the world's survival—depended ...

"As we go deeper we think we'll continue finding very rich objects." Pre-Aztec 'Flayed god' temple uncovered in Mexico Aztec human skull tower uncovered Timeline: History of Mexico Discovered off ...

Here, in this store of unborn souls, they waited until the gods decided to place them in their mother’s belly. Aztec adults also firmly believed in the divine supervision of childbirth ...

It is believed to be part of a skull rack from the temple to the Aztec god of the sun, war and human sacrifice. Known as the Huey Tzompantli, the skull rack stood on the corner of the chapel of ...

the Aztec god of art, games, beauty, dance and maize (among others). The museum offers a look at how tradition, culture and life were formed in all regions of Mexico, and it also educates visitors ...

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 ...

Natalie Diaz’s poetry is raw, rhythmic, and tender. The New York Times called her debut, When My Brother Was an Aztec (2012), an “ambitious… beautiful book.” Pima and Mojave, and an enrolled member of ...

We've remade The Beach Boys masterpiece God Only Knows with the help of a few friends… BBC Music is delighted to share with you this extraordinary version of the Beach Boys' masterpiece ...

The best example is Batman Ninja, a CG animated film that transported Batman and many of his villains to feudal Japan. Right ...

Legend has it that their namesake — the Aztec god of fire and lightning, Xolotl — disguised himself as a salamander to avoid sacrifice. The axolotl is so culturally revered in Mexico that the ...