THE AZTEC EMPIRE had a horrific human sacrifice system, in which 'death was just the start', ... But discoveries in 2015 and 2018 at the Templo Mayor, the main Aztec temple in Tenochtitlan, ...

The Aztecs has about 200 deities — and in this article, we're uncovering the 13 most important Aztec gods and goddesses you need to know about.

MEXICO CITY – Scientists were fascinated by the ghostly find: a human skeleton buried in an Aztec temple with a clay, skull-shaped whistle in each bony hand. But no one blew into the noisemakers ...

First discovered during an excavation of an Aztec temple, the mysterious instrument is in the shape of a skull and makes a wind-like sound, according to a report in peer-reviewed The World of Music.

Pre-Aztec temple to ‘Flayed Lord’ fertility god depicted as skinned human corpse discovered in Mexico. Priests worshipped Xipe Totec by killing human victims in gladiator-style combat and then ...

For those who want to celebrate Halloween like it’s 1399: Scientists are sending shivers down the internet’s collective spine by recreating an ancient “Aztec Death Whistle.” ...

Aztec Temple, Ritual Ball Court and 32 Severed Necks Discovered in Mexico City. Published Jun 08, 2017 at 4:51 AM EDT Updated Jun 08, 2017 at 6:28 AM EDT.

Archaeologists discover Aztec ceremonial platform studded with stone carvings of serpent heads in Mexico City. ... Researchers find Aztec temple platform. October 6, 2011 / 7:55 PM EDT / AP ...

Aztec priests at Tenochtitlán offered a whole galaxy of starfish to the war god Huitzilopochtli 700 years ago, along with a trove of other objects from the distant edges of the Aztec Empire.

An ancient ceremonial ball court and an Aztec temple dedicated to the wind god Ehécatl have been identified in what is now a modern section of Mexico City. The 118-foot-long (36 meters) temple ...