EditorialStone bust of Quetzalcoatl, Aztec, from Mexico, 1325-1521. This sculpture represents the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl. His name in Nahuatl, the language spoken by the Aztecs, means Feathered (quetzal feather) Serpent. The serpent's coils of the sculpture are...
EditorialBattle of Otumba (7th July 7, 1520). Confrontation between the army of the Aztecs against Spanish troops led by Hern?n Cort?s. Detail of an engraving depicting Cort?s' forces descending into the valley where the Aztec general was positioned (plain of O...
EditorialSymbolic characters, numerals and figures of the Aztecs, Mexico. Number hieroglyphs, and symbols for day A, night B, midnight C, year D, century E, sky F, air G, earth H, water I, and flood L. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giu...
EditorialBattle of Otumba (7th July 7, 1520). Confrontation between the army of the Aztecs against Spanish troops led by Hern?n Cort?s. Detail of an engraving depicting Cort?s' forces descending into the valley where the Aztec general was positioned (plain of O...
EditorialHead, originally from a Figure, reused as a?Pendant, 900400 B.C., Greenstone (probably jadeite) with pigment, 8 ? 5 ? 5 cm (3 1/8 ? 1 15/16 ? 1 15/16?in.), Long after the demise of the Olmecs, Mesoamericas earliest major civilization, which dominated t...
EditorialMaize Deity (Chicomecoatl), 15th?early 16th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Aztec, Basalt, Overall: 19 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (49.53 x 21.59 x 13.97 cm), Stone-Sculpture, Maize (corn) was the main food staple of the Mesoamerican diet and formed an impor...
EditorialMaize Deity (Chicomecoatl), 15th?early 16th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Aztec, Basalt, Overall: 14 x 7 1/8 x 3 1/2 in. (35.56 x 18.11 x 8.89 cm), Stone-Sculpture, Among the many female deities worshipped by the Aztecs, those responsible for agricultu...
EditorialStorm God Vessel, 200?700, Mexico, Teotihuacan, Stone, H. 6 3/8 ? W. 4 1/8 ? D. 4 3/8 in. (16.19 ? 10.48 ? 11.11 cm), Stone-Containers, This vessel is carved entirely from steatite, or soapstone. The artist invested a considerable amount of labor in th...
EditorialRelief Block with Coat of Arms of Cholula, early 16th century, Mexico, Mexican, Stone, traces of stucco, Overall: 18 x 26 in. (45.72 x 66.04 cm), Stone-Sculpture, The Aztecs, like other Mesoamerican peoples before them, devised a form of writing to rec...
EditorialConquest of Mexico - The death of Montezuma at the hands of his own people on July 1st, 1520. Oil on canvas; 120 x 200 cm. Montezuma II (or Moctezuma, 1480-1520) was trained as a priest and rose to become leader of the Aztecs in 1502. At the tim...
EditorialAztec sacrificial stone, City of Mexico, Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942, Sculpture, Aztecs, Indians of Mexico, Spiritual life, Mexico, Mexico City, 1884.
EditorialAztec calendar stone, City of Mexico, Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942, Calendars, Sculpture, Aztecs, Indians of Mexico, Spiritual life, Mexico, Mexico City, 1884.
EditorialNow the Mexica [Aztecs] were finished. (A translation of text on the image). The 11th and last Aztec emperor, Cuauhtémoc, surrenders on August 13, 1521, and is presented to Hernán Cortés at the latter’s headquarters in the house of Aztacoatzin. Ho...
EditorialCostumes of the native Mexicans and Aztecs. Men wearing the Maxtlat belt and Tilmatli cloak knotted at the chest, women wearing Cucitl skirt and Huepilli camisole. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern C...
EditorialSpanish fighting the Aztecs. Homenaje á Cristóbal Colón. Mexico, 1892. Spanish, wiith their allies, figting the Aztecs. Image taken from: Colón. Antigüedades Mexicanans publicadas por la Junta Colombina, etc. (Homage to Christopher Columbus). Or...
EditorialThe Spanish, with their allies, figting the Aztecs. Image taken from: Colón. Antigüedades Mexicanans publicadas por la Junta Colombina, etc. (Homage to Christopher Columbus). Homenaje á Cristóbal Colón. Mexico, 1892. Source: K.T.C.21.b.4, plate 48.