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Nahuatl surnames that still exist from Aztec times
See Mexican singing stones being played...
Bringing the ancient Maya ballgame to life
Amaizing - the story of maize in Mexico
A stunning reconstruction of an Aztec headdress
What did the ancient Maya wear?
The Aztec language has traded with Spanish a whole host of words
Read a lovely story about Aztec companion spirits
How to tell an artefact from an artiFAKE
Experts give their opinions on the Spanish Conquest
Many plants and animals had more than one meaning...
The First London Nahuatl Study Day and Workshops
A cremated example of a death whistle is rediscovered
Aztec noble versus commoner
The stories of Malinche and Pocahontas
The ancient Maya walked and even danced on stilts
We compare Maya and Aztec creation myths
Aztec hell - Christian Mictlan
Guess how many feathers went into making this shield?
The famous obsidian Aztec jar in the form of a spider monkey
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Tenochtitlan founding - the signs
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The Sunstone as Turquoise Hearth
Cotton and Mesoamerica
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Gender Complementarity in Mesoamerica
The economic contribution of women in Aztec societyClick the flag for a Spanish translation
Prehispanic obsidian miningClick the flag for a Spanish translation
The Totonac Flyers - an aquatic ritual (1)Click the flag for a Spanish translation
The Totonac Flyers - an aquatic ritual (2)
Day of the Dead (3):La Catrina
‘You are no longer called Aztecs. You are Mexica’
Fire in Mesoamerican Ritual
Marriage Alliances in MesoamericaClick the flag for a Spanish translation
‘Nearly everything you were taught about Aztec “sacrifice” is wrong’
The Aztecs and Cannibalism
Sacrifice in the pre-Hispanic Mixtec codices
‘Azteken’ exhibition, Stuttgart
La Llorona (1)
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History of British and Mexican querns
Stages of childhood in Mesoamerica
The ocarina in Mesoamerica
The Concept of the Wheel in Ancient MesoamericaClick the flag for a Spanish translation
Mexica (Aztec) Human Sacrifice: New PerspectivesClick the flag for a Spanish translation
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The Voladores ceremony
Households and Daily Life in Mesoamerica
Birth and death as metaphors (1)
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Chanting in MesoamericaClick the flag for a Spanish translation
Witchcraft and Sorcery in Ancient Mexico
Colour and Culture Among the Aztecs (1)
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The Aztecs, patolli and gambling
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Caves as Sacred Space in Ancient Mesoamerica
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Lightning in Mesoamerica
Dr. H.B. Nicholson - ‘Grandfather’ of Aztecs Studies
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Nahua Moral Philosophy
The Aztecs and Lake NavigationClick the flag for a Spanish translation
The Ancient Secret of Pre-Hispanic JewelleryClick the flag for a Spanish translation
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Water in the Valley of Mexico
A modern Nahua pilgrimage
The Deep Roots of Aztec Sculpture
Mexica WeaponryClick the flag for a Spanish translation
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Vienna’s Mesoamerican Featherworks
Did Aztec rulers possess divine powers?
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Mexico’s Faked Prehistory
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Portrait of a Collection: National Museum of Mexico, 1865
Clean Aztecs, Dirty Spaniards
Templo Mayor animation
The Aztecs and the atlatl
Aztec Manners
The Aztecs have been called many things...Click the flag for a Spanish translation
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Hare vs Rabbit in mythologyClick the flag for a Spanish translation
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Aztec Poetry (1): IntroClick the flag for a Spanish translation
Aztec Poetry (2): Three Poems
Reconstructing Aztec Super Glues
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Aztecs and the power of lament
Mexico’s long-distance running tradition
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‘Aztec’ crystal skulls
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‘The Heart’ exhibition
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Tezcatlipoca SymposiumClick the flag for a Spanish translation
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This page has been archivedSnow in the Sierra Tarhumara

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This winter (2006-07) has been a disaster for parts of northern Mexico, with the worst series of snowstorms ever recorded in the Sierra Tarahumara, which the Mexican Government has declared a Disaster Zone.(Written/compiled by Ian Mursell/Mexicolore)

A severe snowstorm recorded in the year 7-Reed (1447), Codex Telleriano-Remensis
A severe snowstorm recorded in the year 7-Reed (1447), Codex Telleriano-Remensis (Click on image to enlarge)

We have received this appeal for help, to all who have visited the Copper Canyon, from Richard Fisher, Director of the US-based charity Tarahumara Famine Relief. Follow the (second) link below for more information...

‘Did the Aztecs have a god of snow?’

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