The Aztec rulers often expressed their power with body modification, such as labrets pierced through the lower lip. The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently acquired a spectacular example of this ...

In 1520 the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes and his men landed in Mexico. The cities and artistic treasures they found there astounded them, and golden, feathered, and turquoise objects presented ...

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