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Mask of Xiuhtecuhtli: A 600-year-old mask of the Aztec fire god taken as treasure by conquistadors
A turquoise-encrusted wooden mask from the Aztec civilization Where it is from: Somewhere in Mesoamerica When it was made: ...
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Mass child sacrifices in 15th-century Mexico were a desperate attempt to appease rain god and end devastating drought
The sacrifice of at least 42 children in Tenochtitlán, now Mexico City, was an effort to calm the anger of the Aztec rain god ...
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Aztec tower of human skulls uncovered in Mexico City
They are believed to form part of the Huey Tzompantli, a skull rack some 60 metres (200ft) in diameter which stood on the corner of the chapel of Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec god of the sun ...