Archaeologists have unearthed a new section of the Huey Tzompantli, a “tower of skulls” in what is now Mexico City, and was formerly the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán. Photo courtesy of ...

For many people, the story of the Aztec crystal skulls begins and ends with ... Going further back into history, the Maya and the Olmecs before them also used skulls in their spiritual practices and ...

It reminds us that fear itself can be an art form — meticulously crafted, deliberately deployed. This study examined the psychoacoustic and archeoacoustic effects of Aztec skull whistles.

The skulls were claimed to represent the art and religion of these peoples ... accompanied by a note claiming it was of Aztec origin. It is not, Walsh said. The skulls were carved from blocks ...

The shipment contained a skull sculpture and 12 adzes, which are ancient tools used for chopping, officials said. The collection is from the Post-classic to the Aztec ea, around 1100 through 1532 AD.

In the article, Sarah Everts, C&EN's European science correspondent, delves back into history, explaining that the skull sculptures — supposedly crafted before the Spanish conquest in the 16th ...

A skull of a man in his 30s is richly ... You can see that in Mughal culture, or ancient Egyptian sculpture. The darkness of the Aztec mind seems to permeate everything they made with ugliness.

A striking 600-year-old Aztec sculpture depicting a golden eagle has been uncovered in an ancient temple in Mexico, archaeologists with Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History ...

Archaeologists have discovered numerous ceramic or clay whistles at Aztec sites, dubbed "death whistles" because of their distinctive skull shapes. A new paper published in the journal ...

An earthquake last year revealed a big surprise beneath a law school in modern-day Mexico City: a giant, colorful snakehead from the Aztec Empire ... Tenochtitlan. The sculpture was discovered ...