Brain scans of modern listeners suggest that Aztec whistles sound like human screams, which may have prepared sacrifice victims for their journey to the underworld. When you purchase through links on ...

A free lecture about a 4,000-year-old bison-processing site in the San Juan Basin will be offered at 7 p.m. June 2 at the Aztec Ruins National Monument. In the summer of 2013, before construction of a ...

Part I. Setting the Stage. 1. Discovering, uncovering, and interpreting the Aztec world ; 2. The Aztecs as Mesoamericans -- Part II. Aztec Society and Culture. 3 ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered ancient bones that offer a surprising insight into the Aztec era. Historians noticed details on the remains, suggesting they may have served an unusual purpose.

AZTEC (AP) – Retired archaeologist Jeff Wharton used maps to explain the size of Aztec North, an unexcavated great house at Aztec Ruins National Monument, during a guided tour of a part of the park ...

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." For 40 days ...

MEXICO CITY — Mexican archaeologists using ground-penetrating radar have detected underground chambers they believe contain the remains of Emperor Ahuizotl, who ruled the Aztecs when Columbus landed ...

AZTEC — As a child, Marlon Magdalena saw a variety of instruments used in traditional ceremonies at Jemez Pueblo, but it wasn't until he started working at the Jemez Historic Site that he began to ...

The Dein Ruin includes a great house, kivas and Chacoan road segments. It was first identified in the 1980s during the Aztec Reconnaisance Project sponsored by Aztec Ruins. The Archaeological ...

A half-hour walk north of the Templo Mayor, Tlatelolco was a rival Aztec city until it was absorbed into Tenochtitlan in 1473. Recent excavations have shown that Tlatelolco’s ceremonial complex was ...

The discovery points at a potential link to the Aztec empire ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered ancient bones that offer a surprising insight into the Aztec era. Historians noticed details on the remains, ...