The Aztecs has about 200 deities — and in this article, we're uncovering the 13 most important Aztec gods and goddesses you ...

‘The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire,’ Getty Villa, 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, (310) 440-7300, through July 5. Admission: Free, tickets required. Parking: $15.

A 1,200-pound stone head of an Aztec moon goddess has moved into the Getty Villa. So have life-size statues of a warrior adorned with eagle feathers, a duck-billed wind god and a demon known as ...

The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture in Riverside, ... a 26 ft-tall lenticular image of the Aztec earth goddess Cōātlīcue was erected in the middle of downtown Riverside, ...

A recently completed building mural depicting a nude Aztec goddess, commissioned as part of an annual art festival held last month in Columbus' Milo-Grogan neighborhood, has become a flashpoint ...

Mictecacihuatl, goddess of death. Day of the Dead can be traced back to the native peoples of central and southern Mexico, the regions where I conduct my archaeological research.. When the Spanish ...

Aztec excavations could lead to discovery of tomb. Archaeologists found some of the richest and most unusual Aztec offerings ever in excavations under a mammoth slab depicting an earth goddess.

Hygiene and ritual marked every moment of life for pregnant Aztec women. The tlamatlquiticitl—midwife—offered those in her charge a remarkable 16th-century birthing plan, combining practical ...

Day of the Dead: From Aztec goddess worship to modern Mexican celebration. Story by Kirby Farah, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences • 6d.