Removing a stucco patch in the plaza floor, the excavators came upon 21 white flint sacrificial knives painted red: the teeth and gums of the Aztec earth monster, her mouth open wide to receive ...

What it is: A turquoise-encrusted wooden mask from the Aztec civilization Where it is ... and conch shell teeth, according to ...

Hygiene and ritual marked every moment of life for pregnant Aztec women. The tlamatlquiticitl—midwife—offered those in her charge a remarkable 16th-century birthing plan, combining practical ...

When these Aztec mosaics were first brought to Europe ... a brilliant red shell has been used, and then the teeth are picked out in white shell, culminating in huge, terrifying fangs.