The Aztec civilization may have peaked more than 500 years ago, but all the Aztec gods and goddesses remain culturally significant even today. News Today's news ...

From jaguars to shooting stars, these rare and meaningful Náhuatl names are steeped in centuries of culture, cosmic symbolism, and divine energy.

He based the mural at 1451 W. 18th St. in Pilsen on a 2017 photo by Gustavo ‘Gus’ Mejia of a model dressed as an Aztec warrior.

The Aztec outnumbered the Spanish, but that didn't stop Hernán Cortés from seizing Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, in 1521. This 18th-century oil painting, part of the Conquest of Mexico series ...

Archaeology & History Archaeologists Have Uncovered a Stunning Aztec Offering to Their God of War: Over 160 Starfish and a Jaguar Skeleton. The artifacts were discovered at Templo Mayor, the ...

Mexican archaeologists have found the bones of Aztec dogs, mysteriously buried together 500 years ago. The dogs' skeletons were well preserved, but their burial follows no discernable pattern ...

Of course, whether spiritual, social, or political in nature, the Aztec traditions of sacrifice didn’t come out of nowhere. There were numerous cultural precedents for human sacrifice throughout ...

A 16th-century mask made out of wood and tiled with turquoise may represent Xiuhtecuhtli, the Aztec god of fire. (Image credit: PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo / Ian West) ...

The skull shape, for instance, might allude to the Aztec god of the underworld, Mictlantecuhtli. Aztec death whistles don't fit into any existing Western classification for wind instruments; ...