MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A trove of Aztec sacrifices ... including the same war god disk but made of mother of pearl, as well as a miniature wooden spear thrower and shield. Finally, an adjacent ...

the Aztec god of war and the sun. Bas-relief images of serpents with gaping mouths, a warrior carrying a shield and dart thrower, and a weeping captive on his knees with his hands bound behind his ...

a war shield and raindrops. The last of these designs may reference Tlaloc, the Aztec god of rain. As Live Science noted, the team also unearthed four iron nails and two 21-foot-long wooden planks.

INAH Archaeologists conducting excavations at the Templo Mayor in Mexico City have found more than 160 starfish deposited as part of an offering to the Aztec war god Huītzilōpōchtli some 700 ...