a mountain in Central Mexico that may have been a kind of solar timekeeper or Aztec calendar and is now a major archaeological site. One of the most important gods in the Aztec religion ...

the god of sun and war. Modern-day Mexico City now stands where the Aztec capital once did, with the historic city center over what was formerly the temple. Originally built around 1325 ...

A figure of an axolotl sits on display at a museum in Xochimilco Ecological Park, in Mexico City (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) From ...

a fetus’s healthy development depended on the will of the gods. Aztec society, whose powerful empire stretched over what is now southern Mexico from the 14th through 16th centuries, was suffused ...

That piece is Huehueteotl, a clay statue of an Aztec god by Santa Fe artist Hernan Gomez Chavez, who created it during a residency in Puebla, Mexico, over the summer. Gomez Chavez is also the ...

Before the Spaniards conquered Mexico-Tenochtitlan in the 16th century, axolotl may not have had archeological representations as did Tlaloc — god of rain in the Aztec worldview — or ...

The latest album from Tucson rockers XIXA was inspired by a puppet show and hairless dogs. Here's how to see the band play ...

the Aztec god of art, games, beauty, dance and maize (among others). The museum offers a look at how tradition, culture and life were formed in all regions of Mexico, and it also educates visitors ...

It wasn't until 1978 that the temple dedicated to the Aztec gods Huitzilopochtli and Tláloc (gods of war and water) was unearthed in the heart of Mexico City. Today, the area remains an active ...

XIXA's new album, "XOLO," is a concept album inspired by Aztec culture and a French ... time-traveling Little Girl-Giant and her Mexican hairless god-dog, a gift from the Aztecs called El Xolo ...