Deep down in the depths of the Aztec underworld, the land of the dead, is a deity so feared that the Aztec empire would make ...

In fact, the mask's raised turquoise may depict the wart-faced god Nanahuatzin, who, according to Aztec mythology, sacrificed himself to the fire and emerged to become the sun. Kristina Killgrove ...

THE mystery of an ancient 3,000-year-old "door to hell" dedicated to an Aztec god has been solved after it was stolen from a hidden cave. The Mexican artefact, called the Olmec Cave Mask ...

Their prevalence in gravesites led researchers to suspect that these petrifying piccolos may have been symbols of Ehecatl, the Aztec God of Wind who “traveled to the underworld to obtain the ...

announced they had discovered an ancient ceremonial ball court and an Aztec temple dedicated to the wind god Ehécatl, both of which were likely in use from A.D. 1481 until 1519 in Tenochtitlan ...

According to local legend, Tepoztēcatl is an Aztec god of pulque, an alcoholic beverage made from agave plants, researchers from the University of Florida say. A temple dedicated to Tepoztēcatl ...