The controversy over the Christopher Columbus statue in San Jose’s City Hall has put a spotlight on the statue we love to mock: Quetzalcoatl. Related Articles Map: Interactive light displays, downtown ...

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 ...

This serpent mosaic was created in Aztec Mexico. It may have been worn or carried during religious ceremonies. Snakes were sacred to the Aztecs as they were the symbol of the feathered serpent god, ...