Xochipilli the Aztec god of flowers, ecstasy, and sacred plants.

The office’s sixth repatriation to the nation included a Nayarit sculpture seized from The Met and an Aztec stone previously possessed by a convicted antiquities trafficker.

American sculptor best known for his large-scale, brightly colored sculptures steeped in the Mexican-American culture of Texas and New Mexico. Jiménez used fiberglass and spray paint to approach the ...

To forge a new social contract is one thing. To explain it to people is another. The bureaucrats of the New Deal understood that very well. They also knew that art and architecture could be powerful ...

When Aztec emissaries arrived in 1520 to Tzintzuntzan, the capital of the Tarascan Kingdom in what is now the Mexican state of Michoacán, they carried a warning from the Aztec emperor, Cuauhtémoc.

Archaeologists working at a Mexican holy site thought they were rediscovering a lost image of the Virgin Mary. But Mary never wore a feather plume, and seldom was she depicted within red circles. The ...

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In the history of the Mesoamerican civilizations, the Aztecs occupy a major position. A lot of their history is known to us, mostly because of their contact with the Spanish conquistadors. But we ...

“It was an honor for me,” said artist Noé Silva. “The truth is that it was something we had been working on for over a year until it was finally completed and inaugurated.” After years of controversy ...

After years of controversy over its portrayal of the Aztec warrior, San Diego State University on Thursday unveiled a trio of new images that school leaders hope are a better representation of the ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — An Aztec dance group in San Diego is keeping an ancient tradition alive through powerful performances that honor their indigenous Mexican roots and celebrate cultural identity ...

Batman is one of popular culture’s most versatile characters, and that’s perhaps most obvious in Warner Bros. Animation’s recent success throwing the Dark Knight into various historical settings.