"Quetzalcoatl Fighting The Pope" - You'd have to know a little about the role of Catholicism in the #colonization of the Americas to "get" this one; and there's no room to explain that here. But hey, check out the Pope's epic tats! Watercolors and ink, 2004.
French antiquarian Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, born OTD in 1766, published many examples of #Maya and #Aztec sculpture; unfortunately, errors in his illustrations fostered misconceptions about Mesoamerican civilizations https://toilet-guru.com/blog/22.html?s=mb #travel #history
Espantar con un silbato azteca de: (nivel de miedo)
Aguila: 
Jaguar: 
La muerte: 
se ve que son de un pueblito tranquilo
The last #Aztec emperor Cuauhtémoc is executed OTD in 1525 on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés https://toilet-guru.com/blog/22.html?s=mb #travel #history
Today in Labor History February 28, 1525: Hernan Cortes executed Cuauhtémoc , king of the Aztecs. Bernal Diaz del Castillo wrote in his journal that it was an unjust execution, that there was no evidence that Cuauhtémoc was plotting against Cortes. Cuauhtémoc said, through his interpreter, La Malinche, “Now I understand your false promises and the kind of death you have had in store for me. For you are killing me unjustly. May God demand justice from you, as it was taken from me when I entrusted myself to you in my city of Mexico!”
28 Feb 1525: Cuauhtémoc #Aztec king executed #otd by forces of Hernan Cortes #conquistador
Eagle Cuauhxicalli in Mexico City, Mexico
This avian-shaped stone that once held the hearts of Aztec human sacrifices now lies at the feet of Christ inside a Catholic church.#hearts #aztec #churches #section-Atlas
Eagle Cuauhxicalli
Fuck you, #Google, for changing an internationally-known geographic term to appease a fascist tyrant and his racist base. That gulf is not in the US; there is no #GulfOfAmerica. The #GulfOfMexico has had that name since 1550, and it remembers the indigenous #Mexica of the #Aztec.
For #RattlesnakeAppreciationDay :
1. #Rattlesnake
#Aztec , 1200-1520 CE
Rhyolite porphyry
2. #Snake Head
Aztec, 1200-1520 CE
Serpentine (very fitting!)
both on display at Dumbarton Oaks
#IndigenousArt #MesoamericanArt
So good! "Fifth Sun" brought to life Mexican history like nothing I've ever read. The author is from a new generation of historians who rely on copious documents written in Nahuatl rather than the uncomprehending and self-serving accounts of the Spaniards.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/43eb6442-ba7d-4951-93dd-0237bbdb346a
Xochimilco Raised Fields in Mexico City, Mexico
These floating gardens show what Mexico City used to look during the Aztec Empire.#aztec #pre-columbian #agriculture #section-Atlas
Xochimilco Raised Fields
If you are interested Mesoamerican cultures and mythology this gorgeous deck builder is meant for your shelf! #boardgames #aztec #nawalli https://www.ebay.com/itm/235891161288?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=U8bapOsLRP6&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=U8bapOsLRP6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Ancient Aztec 'skull whistles' found to instill fear in modern people
https://phys.org/news/2024-11-ancient-aztec-skull-instill-modern.html
Hernán Cortés, who died OTD in 1547, led an expedition that caused the fall of the #Aztec Empire https://toilet-guru.com/blog/22.html?s=mb #travel #Mexico #history
https://caneuro.github.io/blog/2024/study-skullwhistle/
- #Aztec death whistle
- shrill, screaming sound
- disturbs human brain
- used in sacrificial rituals
It's striking that someone has designed it INTENTIONALLY.
I mean: what were they thinking (feeling)?
- https://studyfinds.org/aztec-death-whistle-brain/
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-024-00157-7
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