30 years after their discovery, archaeologists believe they have solved the enigma of the Aztec skull masks. An Aztec skull mask discovered at the Templo Mayor site in Mexico City, ancient Tenochtitlan. OFFERINGS. Scary heads! Unearthed from the ruins of Mexico Citys famous Templo Mayor – the main
The recent identification of cinnabar, a sulphide of mercury, on Inca textiles, has made specialists wonder about the toxicity of this product and the health impact it could have had. Inca mummy and textiles from Cerro Esmeralda, Iquique region, Chile. SACRIFIED . Since the 1970s, the Andes have
Like other past societies, the Mesoamericans developed an eminent warrior character, with groups of armed men who fought to defend or expand the domains of their parents. Thanks to the work of historians, we can study the different weapon systems of the Mesoamerican peoples before the arrival of the
A braid from the scalp of Native American chief Sitting Bull, in a photo provided by the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington Thanks to a new technique that allows genetic information to be obtained from a tiny or even fragmented sample of ancient DNA, a relationshi