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The sacrifice of at least 42 children in Tenochtitlán, now Mexico City, was an effort to calm the anger of the Aztec rain god during a devastating drought, researchers have revealed.

With a love of human sacrifice, warfare, and towers made out of human skulls, the ancient Aztecs certainly knew how to have ...

The mass execution of children was seen as not only a way to calm the rain god, but for a time it helped the community deal ...

By the 1800s, the Day of the Dead markets in Mexico City were also selling clothing, shoes, furniture, tools, home decor, and ...

While Halloween has its origins in pagan and Christian traditions, Day of the Dead has indigenous roots as a celebration of the Aztec goddess of death. Day of the Dead can be traced back to the ...

The Aztecs honored many of their sacrificial victims before these rituals with days of feasting, fine clothes, luxury lodging and other pleasures. Each year, during the festival of ...

(The Conversation) — The Aztecs deliberated on how to continue their traditions and preserve their group identity following the Spanish invasion. (The Conversation) — Every year, five hours ...

Archaeologists and historians know relatively little about the details of the month-long celebration of Mictecacihuatl, but say it likely involved burning incense, song and dance, and blood sacrifice ...