The temple was dedicated to Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec god of war and ... worn over the face or as part of a headdress," Ragsdale and colleagues write. The skulls have been heavily modified ...

Ancient human skull masks left as offerings at an Aztec temple may have been crafted ... made to be worn over the face or as a part of a headdress, and left as offerings to the deceased.

Chances are, many of today’s trick-or-treaters will paint their faces like skulls, borrowing from an ancient Aztec tradition ... colorful headdresses made up of the feathers of the parrots ...

Archaeologists in Mexico have found 119 more human skulls in a grisly Aztec "tower of skulls." Some 484 skulls had previously been found at the tower, according to Mexico’s National Institute of ...

For nearly five centuries, Huey Tzompantli, a tower of skulls from the victims of Aztec ritual sacrifice, has remained little more than an intriguing rumor. But a dig by archeologists in Mexico ...

Archaeologists have unearthed gruesome evidence of brutal Aztec rituals by uncovering 50 skulls and over 250 jaw bones at the Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City). Found at one ...

Montezuma was one of the most influential figures in Aztec history, yet there’s a lot we don’t ... it should be of no surprise that Montezuma's headdress would have been a part of his empire. Made ...

A headdress said to have been worn by an Aztec emperor could temporarily go back to Mexico from Austria after the Mexican Senate changed its rules. The headdress is believed to be a gift from ...