Known as the "Aztec death whistle," this object is an ancient Mesoamerican wind instrument typically crafted into the shape of a skull. While experts aren't sure what the whistle would have sounded ...

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 ...

The city's most iconic monument, the Catedral Metropolitana (Metropolitan Cathedral), lies on the Zócalo's north side. Also nearby is the Templo Mayor, an excavated Aztec temple once thought to ...

The Temple of the Plumed Serpent ... the pyramid-studded, pre-Aztec metropolis 30 miles northeast of present-day Mexico City. Dig sites sloshed over with water; a torrent of mud and debris coursed ...