The bones, skulls and skeletons that are so iconic of Day of the Dead are fundamentally indigenous, too. Many Aztecs gods were depicted as skeletal. Other deities wore bones as clothing or jewelry.
The bottom line is that Día de los Muertos and its associated imagery, skulls and skeletons have ... pre-Hispanic Indigenous cultures such as the Aztec, Maya, Zapotec and Mixtec peoples.
Today, Google is honouring Day of the Dead 2023 with a Google Doodle. Also known as Día de los Muertos, in Mexico, this holiday is celebrated from November 1 to November 2 and is a time for ...
An ancient skull that was discovered recently by anthropologists in the Paliokastro area of the island of Thasos, Greece shows signs of complicated surgery. The skull, which dates from the early ...
After the Spaniards took over Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire and present day Mexico City, they ransacked the place for jewels, gold, precious stones and metals, and basically anything ...