From jaguars to shooting stars, these rare and meaningful Náhuatl names are steeped in centuries of culture, cosmic symbolism ...

Reuters reports that the finds include the body a 9-year-old boy dressed as Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec god of war. The Aztecs made human sacrifices to the deity, who was also the god of the Sun.

Inside the excavated stone box includes the bones of a jaguar with the circular emblem of the war god Credit: Reuters. Aztec priests placed these offerings more than 500 years ago in a circular ...

Treasure trove of Aztec war sacrifices including a child who was slaughtered to please the gods discovered in Mexico City could lead to emperor’s long-lost royal tomb ...

This most likely represents the Aztec hummingbird of the south, Huitzilopochtli—the Aztec god of war. Key offerings for Huitzilopochtli involve bloodletting and ritual sacrifice.

The Aztec civilization may have peaked more than 500 years ago, but all the Aztec gods and goddesses remain culturally significant even today. News Today's news ...

A huge offering of over 160 starfish was made to an Aztec war god over 500 years ago, archeological findings in Mexico show. Archeologists were excavating the Templo Mayor in Mexico City at the ...