It was the third flat Aztec monolith to be discovered by accident in the vicinity of the Templo Mayor, along with a 24-ton black basalt Sun Stone (excavated in 1790) and an 8-ton Disk of ...

Hygiene and ritual marked every moment of life for pregnant Aztec women ... traveled to the house of the sun. If the fetus was stillborn, “the midwife took a stone knife, called an itztli ...

“There’s a class gift,” he said. “It’s a 4- or 5-foot diameter Aztec calendar stone. “I just thought to myself, ‘Wow, that would be kind of neat to incorporate in the uniform someda ...

Housed within the facility’s 22 rooms are artifacts, including the famous Aztec Calendar Stone, known as Piedra del Sol, as well as the ancient statue of Xochipilli, the Aztec god of art ...

This is the latter. Called Fuego Nuevo, it’s a unique piece from Louis Moinet that features a dial made from meteorite with a laser-etched replica of the Aztec Sun Stone. The dial is a disc cut ...

Despite the mysticism that often clouds the Mayan calendar in popular culture, fact remains that the calendar system in use by the Mayans was based on a system used throughout the pre-Columbian ...

A new year is a good time to look at how people have marked the passage of days, months, and years. Calendar systems include solar and lunar calendars that guide planting and harvest as well as ...

In Fifth Sun, she writes an informative historical account ... the author’s deep knowledge of Nahuatl, the language of the Aztec Empire. Early on, the Aztecs were intrigued by the Roman alphabet ...

Its new Mexico graphic tee features multiple iterations of the nation’s flag in full color - surrounded by iconic symbols of ...

Before Spanish colonization, Templo Mayor served as the religious center for the Aztec people. When Spanish conquistadors arrived in the early 16th century, the temple was among many structures ...

One professor who announced that class would end early, lamented that ‘processing the results of a national election can be heavy’ and ‘having space to breathe and go a bit slower is vital.’ It isn’t ...