Gods

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

It took 28 years to build this massive statue of the Hindu god Vishnu riding a mythical bird.

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

This ancient altar emerges from the thick forests to reveal the mysteries of Etruscan sacrificial rituals.

A brick building in Kathmandu's Durbar Square is home to Nepal's most prominent living goddess.

This ancient statue of Dionysus lies unfinished and abandoned in one of Greece's oldest quarries.

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.

What's believed to be the country's first shrine is, in Shintō mythology, the annual meeting place of the gods.