The Aztec civilization may have peaked more than 500 years ago, but all the Aztec gods and goddesses remain culturally significant even today. Once central to the Aztec religion, these deities ...

Cacao butter From dishes made with pure cacao butter—once considered the ‘food of the Gods’ by the Mayans ... aren’t aware of it.” The Mayan and Aztec civilisations, two advanced ...

Like most gods in the Aztec pantheon, Tezcatlipoca is difficult to define in a succinct manner. He was a multifaceted figure, embodying a variety of concepts ranging from the night sky to conflict and ...

Chocolate itself first began as Xocolatl, or “bitter water,” a spiced drink made from ground cacao beans, chiles and spices ...

Early Mayan and Aztec civilizations saw red as the color of the gods and farmed this insect for its valuable dye for fabric and food. Arriving in the New World in 1500, the Spanish found that red ...

We will trace the origins and development of Aztec civilization to its encounter with ... Civilizations like the Aztecs (1300-1521 CE), the Classic Maya (250-850 CE) and the Olmecs (1200-400 BCE) ...

On August 5th, 2021, X [1] user @stgggs posted a photoshopped image of an Aztec temple surrounded by a red sky ... "the soil is dry and the elder has chosen you to be the sacrifice for the gods you ...

Mayan Fusion is one of many games based on lost Mesoamerican civilisations. Other popular examples include John Hunter and the Mayan Gods by Pragmatic Play, Rise of Maya from NetEnt, and Aztec Triple ...

In Aztec culture, cacao beans were believed to be a gift from the gods. The beans were also regarded ... A few accounts say friars who presented Guatemalan Mayans to Philip II of Spain in 1544 ...