The Aztec civilization was deeply spiritual, with a vast pantheon of gods influencing every aspect of life. Their religion was built on a balance between creation and destruction, embodied by deities ...

Nine days later, the Aztecs won 74-71 in overtime in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West tournament. Aztecs update: They put their 67-game win streak in Quad 3 or lower games on the line ...

The Aztecs have played 15 games. There are 15 left on the schedule — 14 in the Mountain West regular season, starting today against UNLV at Viejas Arena, and at least one in the conference ...

A pregnant woman believed to have lived over a thousand years ago in Ecuador's coastal region may have been part of ritual sacrifice or punishment, according to archaeologists who excavated her ...

The blood-curdling scream of the Aztec Death Whistle is thought to have been a soundtrack to human sacrifices centuries ago, or may even have echoed through the landscape as the ancient empire ...

Sometimes the offerings are more sinister. A former gang member told AFP some colleagues have been known to make human sacrifices too. "They stole children from other towns and sacrificed them in ...

“She was a sacrifice.” Besides chest wounds, police also discovered various lacerations on Mundle's eyelid, arm, and abdomen, as well as bruising to her eye and leg. “Holness stated he ...

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What you do owe her is respect and kindness, empathy, emotional support, and a more nuanced understanding of your long relationship and of the sacrifices she made. Think hard and long about what ...

Gorditas can be traced back to the Aztec Empire, one of many key periods of Mexico’s indigenous history – indeed, the word nixtamalization comes from nixtamalli, a word in the Aztec Nahuatl ...

Increased levels of sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere would’ve caused immense crop failure, potentially leading to the “sacrifice” of these sun stones. This could explain why archeologists ...