Introduction / Felipe Solís -- Art in the Aztec empire: Traces of an identity / Beatriz de la Fuente -- The Aztecs and the natural world: The basin of Mexico as a habitat for pre-Hispanic farmers / ...

The codex is the work of an Aztec tlacuilo, or scribe, and uses pictograms. To make it comprehensible to Charles V, a Spanish priest familiar with Nahuatl wrote an explanation in Spanish.

Both The Aztec Empire at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200–750 A.D. at the Metropolitan Museum of Art—two big shows that opened last week—present an ...

-- Christopher Knight ‘The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire,’ Getty Villa, 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, (310) 440-7300, through July 5. Admission: Free, tickets required.

The Mexican National Museum of Anthropology is presenting a large exhibition of 44 codices for its show, “Codices of Mexico: Memories and Wisdom”.

The Aztec Museum and Pioneer Village will unveil the newly-commissioned watercolor painting of the Aztec Train Depot and locomotive 495 by local artist Jeff Ellingson. Ellingson, who now lives in ...

Archaeology & History These Rare Aztec Manuscripts, Long in Private Hands, Were Just Acquired by Mexico The artifacts are bound for Mexico’s National Library of Anthropology and History.

And at the Tucson Museum of Art, ancient artifacts are getting a glow up. The museum unveiled the new Kasser Family Wing of Latin American Art in July 2020, showcasing thousands of works spanning ...