Templo Mayor

Located in the Centro Histórico area of Mexico City, Templo Mayor is a portal into the Aztec Empire’s former preeminence. Click an image below to enlarge.

A visage of the Aztec rain god Tlaloc is depicted on a centuries-old brazier at the Templo Mayor museum in the Centro Histórico area of Mexico City.
A statue of Mictlantecuhtli, the Aztec god of death, appears ready to lunge toward his latest victim at the Templo Mayor museum in Centro Histórico, CDMX.
Faces signifying the victims of human sacrifice stare ominously from a tzompantli at the Templo Mayor in Mexico City. The word means "skull rack" in Nahua.
The sculpture of a golden eagle is displayed at the Templo Mayor museum. The cavity on top identifies it as a cuauhxicalli (Aztec for "eagle vessel").
Artifacts from an offering to Aztec gods are displayed at the Templo Mayor museum in Mexico City. It paid homage to deities like Xiuhtecuhtli and Tlaloc.
Victims of the Aztec ritual of human sacrifice are displayed at the Templo Mayor museum in Centro Histórico, Mexico City. The gory practice appeased their gods.

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– Click to view my travel guides for the Mexico City area.
– Click to read my feature article “Teotihuacán: Down the Avenue of the Dead” for an in-depth look into the mysterious history of the ancient ruins near Mexico City.
– Click to read my short story “Beer in Old Mexico” about the long shadow that the former Aztec Empire casts over modern-day Mexico City.

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