Known as the "Aztec death whistle," this object is an ancient Mesoamerican wind instrument typically crafted into the shape ...

In Aztec cosmology, López Luján knew ... that 80,400 humans were put to death at a single temple dedication, a feat that would have depopulated much of central Mexico—that some groups today ...

She was buried in a special temple at twilight ... a grisly procedure that nevertheless “saved the mother from death.” The Aztec believed babies who died during labor traveled to a place ...