It contained an assortment of sacrificial perforators made of jaguar bone, used by Aztec priests to spill their own blood as a gift to the gods. Alongside the perforators were bars of copal ...

Archeologists believe Aztec priests carefully layered ... Besides the central offering containing the jaguar, two additional boxes were recently identified adjacent to it, with both set to be ...

Surrounded by modern architecture, the archaeological site of Templo Mayor is revealing more and more about the Aztec city and its inhabitants—a reminder of the people and culture who were ...

[dramatic music] As these Aztec agents trekked across ... alongside the tools of their trade. Jaguar skins, quetzal feathers, and fine jewelry were sent to accompany the deceased into the afterlife.

Their chests were sliced open with sharp stone knives and their hearts wrenched with practiced skill from their blistered bodies. > When warfare netted too few victims, Aztec tribes arranged a ...

The majority of Aztecs were commoners or peasants, many of whom were skilled farmers, artisans and traders. At the bottom were slaves, often prisoners of war or those in debt. Each class played a ...

The Olmec civilization is called the “mother culture of Mesoamerica,” and deeply influenced the artwork of groups like the Maya and Aztecs ... Holding a were-jaguar, which is connected ...

Long known for their cool circular calendars and practice of human sacrifice, Aztecs were also math whizzes. Aztecs used hand, heart and arrow symbols to represent fractional distances when ...

The P'urhépechas were one of the only indigenous groups in Mexico the Aztecs failed to conquer – but despite that feat, they were nearly lost to history. (This year, we published many inspiring ...