The altar dates back to the time after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlán. Experts say it was located in a courtyard inside a home of an Aztec family, who would have used it ...

Fewer still have the ability to shock three decades and more since their inception. But then, according to the man who styled it, the Aztec was conceived in the late ’50s; it simply took a while to ...

Iconography at the temple suggests that it was dedicated to the Aztec sun god, Huitzilopochtli, who is often depicted as an eagle and was said to have been born to a virgin mother. Begin your ...