Using engraved plywood as our canvas, we'll meticulously carve out the intricate design of the Mayan calendar. Once the engraving is complete, we'll move on to the exciting part – making the silicone ...

A massive stone sculpture of the Aztec goddess Tlalecuhtli is displayed for the first time prior to the opening of the exposition Moctezuma II, Times And Destiny Of A Ruler" at Mexico City's Templo ...

Archaeologists believe that a stone shrine discovered in the middle of a pond beside a volcano in Mexico served as a map of the universe for the ancient Aztec civilization. The shrine was discovered ...

Go to updated and illustrated post. __1790: __Workers doing repairs in Mexico City unearth a massive stone bearing ancient symbols. It turns out to be a representation of the Aztec calendar and will ...

MEXICO CITY - Archaeologists found a round Aztec ceremonial platform studded with stone carvings of serpent heads at Mexico City's Templo Mayor ruin, raising hopes in the search for an emperor's tomb, ...

The Aztec Empire was formed after the three ruling cities around the Valley of Mexico – comprising of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopa – joined forces in 1428. Tenochtitlan would quickly become the ...

The massive object at the heart of Mexico’s largest and most popular museum is so mysterious that nobody knows quite what to call it. The label on its pedestal reads “Piedra del Sol,” or “Stone of the ...

Any digging in the concrete of a modern metropolis would most likely bring up only remnants of ancient sewerage systems, electrical wires, and other pieces of modern construction equipment. But when a ...

An archaeologist works on a 500-year-old partially-excavated stone box containing an Aztec offering A newly discovered trove of Aztec sacrifices could lead archaeologists to an elusive Aztec emperor's ...