A.D. 1450-1521)--one of the finest collections of Aztec ceramics outside Mexico. Through analysis of clay samples from a series of vessels, a Museum research associate uncovered pathways of economic ...

Mayan relief from Palenque depicting a king seated on a jaguar throne, (Yucatán, Mexico, after Jean Frédéric Maximilien de Waldeck); 4) Portal of the Palace of Palenque (Yucatán, Mexico); 5) Aztec ...

Mayan relief from Palenque depicting a king seated on a jaguar throne, (Yucatán, Mexico, after Jean Frédéric Maximilien de Waldeck); 4) Portal of the Palace of Palenque (Yucatán, Mexico); 5) Aztec ...

The Aztec Calendar Stone, or Piedra del Sol, was buried a few decades after the conquest beneath what is now Mexico City's main plaza, or Zócalo. It was rediscovered in 1790 and mounted on one of the ...

It contains some of the country’s most vital artifacts, such as the magnificent Stone of the Sun (perhaps better known as the Aztec calendar stone ... including the Aztecs and Maya, and gain deep ...