Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aztec duck-head pendants recovered from Tenochtitlán were made using volcanic glass called obsidian. - Mirsa Islas/Courtesy ...

New archaeological research by Tulane University and the Proyecto Templo Mayor in Mexico reveals how obsidian—a volcanic glass used for tools and ceremonial objects and one of the most important raw ...

An Aztec artifact known as the Bilimek sculpture offers insight into how ancient Mesoamerican cultures interpreted solar eclipses. The object, believed to be a ceremonial vessel used for drinking ...

Archaeologists in Mexico City uncovering these golden Aztec artifacts revealing what was once an elaborately adorned sacrificial wolf believed to have been buried more than 500 years ago. Held in a ...

Templo Mayor was the ceremonial and spiritual core of Tenochtitlan, capital of the Mexica Empire—better known as the Aztecs. Now, centuries later, a new study reveals that it was also a node in one of ...

(CNN) — Hundreds of obsidian artifacts have revealed where the Aztecs acquired the volcanic glass they used for tools, ornamental pieces or religious objects centuries ago — and their vast trade ...

Hundreds of obsidian artifacts have revealed where the Aztecs acquired the volcanic glass they used for tools, ornamental pieces or religious objects centuries ago — and their vast trade networks ...