Hygiene and ritual marked every moment of life for pregnant Aztec women. The tlamatlquiticitl—midwife—offered those in her charge a remarkable 16th-century birthing plan, combining practical ...

Swiss and Norwegian neuroscientists have discovered that the ancient Aztec death whistle -- often credited with emitting the scariest sound on earth -- still terrifies people today due to a primal ...

Here are its roots, from Aztec goddess worship to modern Mexican celebration. News. ... 130,000-year-old mammoth calf smells like 'fermented earth and flesh,' necropsy reveals .

Electricity workers in Mexico City accidentally uncovered a massive stone sculpture in 1978. It turned out to be the Aztec Goddess of the Moon, Coyolxauhqui. The sculpture was found in an area ...

Swiss and Norwegian neuroscientists have discovered that the ancient Aztec death whistle — often credited with emitting the scariest sound on earth — still terrifies people today due to a ...

This mask, which is on display at the British Museum in London, is one of several turquoise objects that the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés likely took from the Aztec Empire as treasure in ...

In just under half a decade, a 1,000-foot-wide (305-meter-wide) asteroid named after the Egyptian god of chaos and destruction, Apophis, will pass within 30,000 miles (48,300 kilometers) of Earth ...

Museo Nacional de Antropología is ranked #1 out of 16 things to do in Mexico City. See pictures and our review of Museo Nacional de Antropología.