Category: History
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Spoiler alert: They were neither! It is possible that your travel agent advised you to go see the “Aztec Pyramids” in Teotihuacan. They might have called them Aztec because it is the easiest way to convey the magnificence and importance of this place in just a few words. After all, the Aztecs and the Mayas…
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Did you think that Thor was the mighty god of thunder? Well, you might wanna think again! The Aztecs and the most iconic civilization before them dedicated temples to him. He was served by his own assistant deities, known as the Tlaloques. Their sacred duty was to smash clay vessels filled with water, thus releasing…
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Before the rise of the Maya and the Aztecs, near the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, there was an enigmatic civilization known as the Olmec. They are renowned for the giant basalt heads in which the portraits of their rulers were immortalized. Their name derives from Nahuatl—the language of the Aztecs—and it means “the…