Skulls were prominent in ancient Mesoamerican artwork, particularly among the ... "There were several Aztec gods that were represented by skulls, so they were probably invoking these gods.

hinted a new Mexican art piece could be coming in the near future. That piece is Huehueteotl, a clay statue of an Aztec god by Santa Fe artist Hernan Gomez Chavez, who created it during a ...

Here, in this store of unborn souls, they waited until the gods decided to place them in their mother’s belly. Aztec adults also firmly believed in the divine supervision of childbirth ...