An extensive cache of Aztec ritual offerings found underneath downtown Mexico City, off the steps of what would have been the empire's holiest shrine, provides new insight into pre-Hispanic religious rites and political propaganda.
The receipt bearing the signature of the conquistador was taken some 30 years ago. It turned up at an auction in Massachusetts, and the F.B.I. stepped in.
The Aztecs had many fascinating gods, some of them terrifying and brutal. Xōchipilli was the “flower prince” god of flowers, fertility, love - and prostitution.