Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A tattered piece of bark paper with illustrations on it. Centuries-old codices from what is now Mexico hold a wealth of knowledge ...

While the Spanish conquistadors sought gold, the Aztecs were obsessed with a much deeper mystery: the grueling, nine-level odyssey of the soul. Known as Mictlan, this wasn't just a destination—it was ...

Centuries before the modern world, the Aztec people held a vision of the universe that was as beautiful as it was brutal. It began not with light, but with the 'Divine Duality'—Ometecuhtli and ...

Introduction: Aztec studies: trends and themes / Enrique Rodríguez-Alegría, Deborah L. Nichols -- Archaeology of the Aztecs. Ancient stone sculptures: in search of the Mexica past / Eduardo Matos ...

"Originally published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Aztecs', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 16 November 2002-11 April 2003"-T.p. verso. ANTHREF copy 39088010267235 has bookplate: Smithsonian ...