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(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Quetzalcoatl is easily the most recognizable Mesoamerican deity. Quetzalcoatl, or the Plumed Serpent, was an extremely important figure in the ancient Aztecs’ pantheon. His name comes from the Nahuatl words quetzal and « Continue »
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) There are several theories as to exactly how Emperor Montezuma died. After the guests he welcomed as gods betrayed the Aztec people, it’s uncertain if the emperor was killed by his own people or by the Spaniards. And « Continue »
A Goal in the Ball Court at Chichén Itzá, Mexico. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Recently, Mexican archaeologists determined that watchtower-like structures built on top of a ceremonial ball court at Chichen Itza were made to observe equinoxes and « Continue »
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Some of the most impressive Mayan ruins are the courts on which the Mayan ball game was played. The ancient Mayans took this sport seriously – dead serious, in fact. The game involved a rubber ball about 20 inches in « Continue »
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) There is a flooded sinkhole in Mexico’s Yucatán that has been feared for centuries. Even today, nearby villagers refuse to go anywhere near it. The reason was discovered when researchers conducted an underwater survey « Continue »
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Mayan calendar is well-known due to the doomsday theories surrounding it, but did you know that the Mayan calendar is unique historically? The Mayans were the first known people to measure time from a mythological « Continue »
Aztec dancer (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Music, song, and dance were all extremely important in Aztec culture. Interestingly, there is no Nahuatl word that translates directly as “music.” Instead, the Aztecs called it cuicatlamatiliztli, which « Continue »
Techihci (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Researchers in Mexico City made an intriguing discovery in an archaeological dig – over half a millennia ago, twelve dogs were buried together in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán. Archaeologists have found « Continue »
Classic Maya language written in Mayan hieroglyphs (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Rap is being used across the world by young indigenous people to express and revitalize their culture and language. The Mayans, as it turns out, are no exception. Among « Continue »
Chicomoztoc, the place of the seven caves. The mythical origin of the “nahuatlaca” tribes. From the “Historia Tolteca chicimeca”. A postcortesian codex from 1550.(Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Aztecs and other Nahuatl people of ancient Mesoamerica « Continue »