An archaeologist’s death leads to art traffickers and Mexican cartels--and El Dorado? A famed archaeologist-turned-treasure hunter is found heartless in an Aztec ritual. Astrid and Raphaelle probe the ...

The Aztecs, one of the most intriguing and sophisticated civilizations to have ever existed, left an indelible mark on Mexico’s cultural and historical landscape. Before their dramatic fall to Spanish ...

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 ...

When Aztec emissaries arrived in 1520 to Tzintzuntzan, the capital of the Tarascan Kingdom in what is now the Mexican state of Michoacán, they carried a warning from the Aztec emperor, Cuauhtémoc.

Miniature camelid effigy: A 600-year-old sculpture of a llama that may have been sacrificed in an Inca ritual Bead net funerary shroud: A 2,500-year-old beaded veil from Egypt depicting the deceased's ...

Many ancient cultures used musical instruments in ritual ceremonies. Ancient Aztec communities from the pre-Columbian period of Mesoamerica had a rich mythological codex that was also part of their ...