Día de Los Muertos, like Halloween, is connected to back-to-back Catholic holidays, All Saints Day on Nov. 1 and All Souls Days on Nov. 2. (The night before, called All Hallows Eve, became “Hallowe’en ...

Archaeologists have discovered numerous ceramic or clay whistles at Aztec sites, dubbed “death whistles” because of their distinctive skull shapes. A new paper published in the journal Communications ...

In 16th century Aztec empire, young Yohualli Coatl seeks to avenge his father’s murder by Spanish conquistadors. Escaping to Tenochtitlán, he trains under the bat god Tzinacan, developing weapons to ...

Fans attending San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday got their first look at the upcoming animated film Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires during the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment panel where the first ...

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