Xipe Totec is a god of agricultural renewal ... where the skins of the dead would have been interred. They’re both carved from volcanic rock, most likely rhyolite, which must have been imported, ...

The dead were then flayed ... which shows Xipe Tótec wearing a feather skirt and what appears to be a flayed skin hanging off his body. That torso is the "most compelling evidence of the ...

MEXICO CITY — Mexican experts have found the first temple of the Flayed Lord, a pre-Hispanic fertility god depicted as a skinned human corpse, authorities said Wednesday. Mexico's National ...

Depictions of him have surfaced across cultures, including the Aztecs, but now the first temple dedicated to the fertility god, known also as Xipe Totec, has been found. Mexico’s National ...

A stone skull and torso found at Ndachjian-Tehuacan are thought to represent the god Xipe Tótec. Priests would worship the god by flaying human victims and wearing their skin. A stone skull and ...

Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (NIAH) has discovered the first temple dedicated to Xipe Totec, an Aztec deity whose named roughly equates to "The Flayed Lord." ...

Unfortunate, yes, but also fitting for an exhibit that is all about dead bodies and new life. The tall, lanky artist's exhibit, "Xipe Totec," is ... sides of the human body, Velazquez lay on ...

At the temple, which the institute said was probably built between A.D. 1000 and 1260, the archaeologists found artifacts related to the god, Xipe Tótec, including two stone skulls and a stone ...

This idea was embodied by the god Xipe Totec, who was often depicted wearing a flayed human skin. The deity was thought to cause crops and other plants to grow. Archaeologists led by Noemí ...

Archaeologists in Mexico have found the first temple to the pre-Hispanic deity Xipe Totec, a god of fertility and war who was worshipped by sacrificing and skinning captives. Evidence indicates ...

Archaeologists in Mexico say they have made an important discovery, uncovering a temple to Xipe Tótec - the pre-Hispanic "Flayed lord". Historically, throughout the region, priests paid tribute ...