Headdresses for married women After marriage, young women wore a zhaulyk, a simple white shawl made of silk or cotton, sometimes trimmed with fur. Initially worn by older wives, it later became common ...

Like most gods in the Aztec pantheon, Tezcatlipoca is difficult to define in a succinct manner. He was a multifaceted figure, embodying a variety of concepts ranging from the night sky to conflict and ...

It is unclear exactly how the headdress, made of hundreds of long quetzal feathers and more than 1,000 gold plaques, ended up in Austria, where it is on display at a museum in Vienna. Historians ...