Aztecs Collection

Codex Borgia. Ritual and divinatory mesoamerican manuscript written in Nahuatl before of the conquest of Mexico. It is related with the aztec calendar Tonalpohualli

The cacique of Tabasco presents to Hernan Cortes twenty Indian and between they Dona Marina. Engraving, 1825. Colored

Aztecs Warriors 1521
Despite the loss of the Fort of Xoloc and the raising to the ground of the Old Palace at Tenochtitlan, the exhausted Aztecs fight furiously on

Customs / Sacrifice / Human
AZTECS OF MEXICO Priests of Tenochtitlan sacrifice victims to the god Huitzilopochtli

Mexico - Teotihuacan - Temple of Quetzacoatal
Mexico - Teotihuacan - Aztec Pyramid Temple of Quetzalcoatl ( The Temple of the Feathered Serpent ) - elaborate exterior stone carving with dragon and lizard heads

Mexico / Tenochtitlan
A reconstruction of the Front wall and Entrance Gate of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztecs, above which modern Mexico City now stands

Mexican Priest Cut the Heart Out of Human Sacrifice
AZTECS OF MEXICO A priest cuts the heart out of a living victim Date: circa 16th century

1704 Gemelli Map of the Aztec Migration
1704 Gemelli Map - According to legend on exactly May 24, 1065 CE, the Mexica (Aztec) began an epic migration from their ancestral homeland, Aztlan

Aztec statue of a seated man - fire deity Huehueteotl
Aztec statue of a seated man, possibly a representation of the fire deity Huehueteotl. Artist unknown; Late Classic period (900-1521 CE)

Mexico City. Quetzalcoatl Snake
MEXICO. Mexico City. National Museum of Anthropology. Teotihuacan Hall. Quetzalcoatl Snake. Aztec art. Sculpture

Hernan Cortes (1488-1547). Spanish conquistador of the Aztec empire. He decided to sink his ships, which were anchored in the city of Villa Rica de Veracruz

Battle of Otumba (7th July 7, 1520). Confrontation between the army of the Aztecs against Spanish troops led by Hernan Cortes

Idol Vitzliputzli (Huitzilopochtli). Mexican idol. Engraving. Historia de la Conquista de Mexico, poblacion, y progresos de la America septentrional

The Great Aztec Temple at Tenochtitlan. Dedicated to the god of war. Built in a large square, with an ashlar wall, carved on the outside with different loops of chained snakes. Engraving

Map of the territory of New Spain. Historia de la Conquista de Mexico, poblacion, y progresos de la America septentrional, conocida por el nombre de Nueva Espana (History of the Conquest of Mexico)

Representation of the city of Mexico (Mexico-Tenochtitlan). Divided into two neighborhoods. One called Tlatelulco (a), where most of the population lived, and the other Mexico (e)

The Conquest of Mexico (1519-21). Hernan Cortes in Zempuala
The Conquest of Mexico (1519-1521). Hernan Cortes in Zempuala, welcomed by the Cacique Gordo (Chief Gordo). Detail. Table belonging to a set of 6 made with the enconchado technique. Anonymous author

The Conquest of Mexico (1519-21)
The Conquest of Mexico (1519-1521). D- Hernan Cortes appoints ordinary mayors of the town, E- La Malinche makes the Totonac understand who Cortes is. Detail

Conquest of Mexico
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519-21). Construction of the Villa Rica of La Vera Cruz, with the help of the Totonac Indians. Detail

Censer with the image of the god Tlaloc. Ceramic
Censer with the image of the god Tlaloc, the god of rain. Ceramic. Colima style (El Chanal). Early Postclassic Period (900-1250 AD). Western Mexico. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain. Date: 2018

God of Death. Teotihuacan culture. Sculpture. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City. National Museum of Anthropology. Proc: MEXICO. STATE OF MEXICO. Teotihuacᮮ

SPANISH AMBUSHED 1520
Fleeing from Tenochtitlan following the death of Montezuma, Cortes and his men are ambushed in a canal by the Aztecs. Date: 1520

Costumes of the native Mexicans and Aztecs. Men wearing the Maxtlat belt and Tilmatli cloak knotted at the chest, women wearing Cucitl skirt and Huepilli camisole

Symbolic characters, numerals and figures of the Aztecs, Mexico. Number hieroglyphs, and symbols for day A, night B, midnight C, year D, century E, sky F, air G, earth H, water I, and flood L

Musical instruments of the Aztecs, including types of sacred drums (vertical Huehuetl and horizontal Teponaztli) and percussion instruments (Ajacaxtli rattle)

View of the Great Pyramid of Cholula, Mexico
View of the Great Pyramid of Cholula or Tlachihualtepetl of the Aztecs, Mexico. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Aztec Warriors directing a caravan of porters on a Mexican Mountain Highway. Date: circa 1519

SPANISH SACRIFICED
Spanish conquistadors captured by the Aztecs are sacrificed in their customary way, cutting the heart out of the living body, to the glory of the gods Date: 1519

Priests of Tenochtitlan Sacrifice Victims to their Gods
Aztecs of Mexico- Priests of Tenochtitlan sacrifice victims to their gods Date: circa 1500

Human Sacrifices Thrown from Platform by Priests
Aztecs of Mexico- Priests at Tenochtitlan cut the heart from a still- living victim then fling the carcase from the platform Date: circa 1500

Pre-Columbian Art. Aztec period. Mexico. Collecting taxes. Codex. National Museum of Anthropology. Mexico City

Xochipilli. Mexica deity of love, games, beauty, dance, flowers, maize, pleasure, arts and songs. Postclassic period (1325-1521). Aztec art. Sculpture on rock. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City

Mexico. Francisco Fray Martin de Valencia received by Hernan
Mexico. Evangelization. 16th C. Francisco Fray Martin de Valencia received by Hernan Cortes, May 12, 1524. Engraving. 1850. Color

Conquest of Mexico. Capture of Cuauhtemoc. Colored engraving
Conquest of Mexico. 16th century. Cuauhtemoc was captured by Garcia Holguin while fleeing in a canoe with her family after the defeat in the Battle of Tenochtitlan

Malinche (c. 1496-1529). Colored engraving
Malinche (c.1496-1529). Nahua woman. Interpreter of the spanish conqueror Hernan Cortes. Mexican engraving, 1885. Colored. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain

Malinche (c. 1496-1529). Engraving
Malinche (c.1496-1529). Nahua woman. Interpreter of the spanish conqueror Hernan Cortes. Mexican engraving, 1885. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain

The Last Aztecs - Maximo and Bartolo
Two sideshow exhibits, Maximo and Bartola, both sufferes of microcephaly, who were billed by freakshow promoters as The Last Aztecs

Moctezuma II goes to the temple surrounded by virgin maidens
Moctezuma II (c. 1466-1520). Ninth tlatoani of Tenochtitlan, reigning from 1502 to 1520. Moctezuma goes to the temple surrounded by virgin maidens who are to be sacrificed to the gods

The King of Michoacan visit to Hernan Cortes. Colored engrav
The King of Michoacan visit to Hernan Cortes. Third letter of Relation by Hernan Cortes (May 15, 1522). Colored engraving, 18th century

Conquest of Mexico. Capture of Cuauhtemoc. Engraving
Conquest of Mexico. 16th century. Cuauhtemoc was captured by Garcia Holguin while fleeing in a canoe with her family after the defeat in the Battle of Tenochtitlan

The King of Michoacan visit to Hernan Cortes. Engraving
The King of Michoacan visit to Hernan Cortes. Third letter of Relation by Hernan Cortes (May 15, 1522). Engraving, 18th century

Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl, found at Colle de las Escalerilla. Aztec art. Sculpture. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City. National Museum of Anthropology

Indigenous Native Mexicans carrying Sugar Cane Date: circa 1907

Battle of Platform 1520
BATTLE OF THE PLATFORM Spanish and Aztecs in hand to hand combat

Mexicans Celebrate Age
The Aztecs celebrate the beginning of a new age with tribal dancing and drums, before the Conquest by the Spanish

Horsemen Scare Aztecs
Because they have never seen horses before, the Aztecs flee in sheer terror from the Spanish horsemen, taking them to be satyr-like monsters

Aztec Chronology
Early chronology of the Aztecs

Spanish Besieged
The Spanish are besieged by the Aztecs in the headquarters they have occupied in Tenochtitlan

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