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The Aztec rulers often expressed their power with body modification, such as labrets pierced through the lower lip. The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently acquired a spectacular example of this ...

For sheer barbaric brutality, it was hard to beat the Aztecs. They believed their gods required human blood and hearts as sustenance, and they faithfully delivered. Sacrificial victims–often captured ...

Mesoamerican civilizations and Aztec archaeology -- Evolution of Aztec civilization -- Geography of the Aztec world -- Society and government -- Warfare -- Religion, cosmology, and mythology -- ...

Introduction: Aztec studies: trends and themes / Enrique Rodríguez-Alegría, Deborah L. Nichols -- Archaeology of the Aztecs. Ancient stone sculptures: in search of the Mexica past / Eduardo Matos ...