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 ...

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 ...

People revered Huitzilopochtli, known as the Aztec sun god and the patron god of the ... may have been a kind of solar ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Ditch the large bags and water bottles prior to your visit as you may be denied entry. – Kayla Hui This folk art museum features handicrafts from all across Mexico and ...

‘This is a clear violation of FEMA’s core values and principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation,’ the agency says. A city tram is torched to a chorus of anti-Jewish slurs as ...