Carved from wood more than five centuries ago, a small skull faced mask held today at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore ...

The artifacts were discovered at Templo Mayor, the primary temple of the Aztecs in what is now Mexico City. An Aztec offering discovered at the Templo Mayor in Mexico City. Courtesy of the Mexican ...

The Aztec rulers often expressed their power with body modification, such as labrets pierced through the lower lip. The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently acquired a spectacular example of this ...

The exhibitions of ancient art that pass through New York, especially those at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, often have a High Church atmosphere. Scholar-monks add to the storehouse of knowledge as ...

The Aztec skull whistle produces a shrill, screaming sound. A study shows that these whistles have a disturbing effect on the human brain. The Aztecs may have deliberately used this effect in ...