Aztec

This beautiful and unmissable little museum is full of fascinating artifacts from Mesoamerica's great civilizations.

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.

The turquoise-studded skull of a long-dead Aztec man sits within Mexico City’s Museum of Anthropology.

This fascinating and poignant museum chronicles every imaginable aspect of Spanish colonialism in the Americas.

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.

This partially reconstructed Aztec pyramid gives a glimpse of what its larger counterparts would have looked like.

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.

Tucked along a river are enigmatic stone carvings created thousands of years ago.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

This colossal ancient jaguar sculpture was used as a vessel for the hearts torn from sacrificial victims.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

The ruins of a former sanctuary for elite Aztec warriors.

A small pack of an ancient, hairless breed of dog once believed to guide souls through the underworld lives on its grounds.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

An archaeological museum at the Aztec pyramid displays signs of the New Fire ritual performed every 52 years.

The remains of an Aztec school and various intriguing artifacts lie below a modern cultural center.