Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Day of the Dead might sound like a solemn affair, but Mexico’s famous holiday is actually a lively commemoration of the departed.

A massive stone sculpture of the Aztec goddess Tlalecuhtli is displayed for the first time prior to the opening of the exposition Moctezuma II, Times And Destiny Of A Ruler" at Mexico City's Templo ...

According to tradition, the Aztec god of the sun and war, Huitzilopochtli (whose name in Náhuatl means "left-handed hummingbird" or "hummingbird of the south"), commanded the Aztecs to leave their ...

Electricity workers in Mexico City accidentally uncovered a massive stone sculpture in 1978. It turned out to be the Aztec Goddess of the Moon. Show more Electricity workers in Mexico City ...

(The Conversation) — While Halloween has its origins in Christian tradition, Day of the Dead is a mix of a thriving indigenous culture and the religion of its 16th-century conquerers. (The ...

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