Carved from wood more than five centuries ago, a small skull faced mask held today at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore ...

In the 1990s, archaeologists found a beheaded sacrifice victim near an Aztec temple in Mexico City, his hands still gripping ...

The sacrifice was an elaborate procedure, indicating it was of utmost importance to the highest echelons of ancient society.

When Spanish conquistadors entered the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in 1519, they described a sight so horrifying that many ...

New radiocarbon dating of the ‘Llullaillaco Maiden’ appears to rule out a response to natural disasters or Inca campaigns of conquest. Reading time 3 minutes Researchers called her the “Llullaillaco ...

Three decades ago, researchers working atop the Llullaillaco volcano, located on the border between Argentina and Chile, discovered exceptionally well-preserved remains. The find included the ...

Butcher bags, human sacrifice and cavernous black holes … in a world of dry art this stunning exhibition forces us to confront religion and mortality ...

We often look to new solutions to solve modern-day problems—but what if one of the most powerful tools is also one of humanity’s oldest traditions? In A Time to Gather: How Ritual Created the ...

Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America and Students for Life Action, attended the University of Iowa on March 31, to address students and community members with the ideology that ...

I can’t blame the referees. Or the NCAA selection committee. San Diego State is on the hook for this one. The Aztecs left too much to chance by not winning enough winnable games. So SDSU will sit out ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The National Hispanic Cultural Center celebrated the Aztec New Year with a ceremony on Sunday. Known in Nahuatl as Yancuic Xihuitl, the Aztec New Year is traditionally celebrated ...