The Olmec Cave mask depicts the jaguar god Tepeyollotlicuhti Credit: Manhattan District Attorney's Office. Dating back almost 3,000 years, the 2,000lb artifact depicts the jaguar god ...

This mask, which is on display at the British Museum in London, is one of several turquoise objects that the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés likely took from the Aztec Empire as treasure in ...

The remains of a jaguar dressed as an Aztec warrior were also found in a large rectangular stone box, ... INCREDIBLE MAYA DISCOVERY: ANCIENT KING'S MASK UNCOVERED IN MEXICO.

Although one can appreciate that “Aztec jaguar” may not evoke the same spirit as the so-called four Asian tigers (or Asian dragons) referring to the developed economies of Hong Kong, Singapore ...

Once every 52 years, Aztec priests let the fire die out. The high priest, wearing a turquoise mask representing Xiuhtecuhtli, would then perform a Xiuhtlalpilli, or "new fire ceremony", which ...