MEXICO CITY ” Mexican archaeologists using ground-penetrating radar have detected underground chambers they believe contain the remains of Emperor Ahuizotl, who ruled the Aztecs when Columbus landed ...

Aztec offering, Templo Mayor, Mexico City(Courtesy Proyecto Templo Mayor/INAH) Beneath a stone carving of the Aztec earth goddess Tlaltecuhtli inside Mexico City’s Templo Mayor, archaeologists have ...

Archaeologists have made a grisly discovery in Mexico City that could lead to the first-ever Aztec royal tomb, according to Reuters. Experts found an array of sacrificial remains during an excavation ...

According to tradition, the Aztec god of the sun and war, Huitzilopochtli (whose name in Náhuatl means "left-handed hummingbird" or "hummingbird of the south"), commanded the Aztecs to leave their ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) – A Mexican archaeologist said his team has found a tunnel-like passageway that apparently leads to two sealed chambers, the latest chapter in the search for the as-yet undiscovered ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Said to have been installed in a ...

The offering consisted of 164 starfish, chunks of coral, seashells, pufferfish, a resin figurine, animal bones and the skeleton of a female jaguar holding a spear in its claw. INAH Archaeologists ...

The artifacts were discovered at Templo Mayor, the primary temple of the Aztecs in what is now Mexico City. An Aztec offering discovered at the Templo Mayor in Mexico City. Courtesy of the Mexican ...

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