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At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, our view is that there exist countless mysteries, scientific anomalies and surprising artifacts that have yet to be discovered and explained. The goal […]
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Codex Mendoza: A Glimpse into the Aztec World
April 3rd, 2023 
Awake Goy Ever wanted to step back in time to the days of the Aztecs? With the Codex Mendoza, you can. Reading this document takes you back to the mid-16th century, shortly after the Spanish conquest of Mexico, to the Aztec empire. Read more Section: Artifacts Ancient Writings News Read Later Source Views: 0
Painful Similarities Between the German and Aztec Collapses
January 21st, 2023 Awake Goy January 18, 2023 Painful Similarities Between the German Collapse and the Aztec Empire – with Some Clarification On The Transformation Of Europe Against Mesoamerica Source By Thorsten J. Pattberg JUST IN, so funny: ‘Shove Your Democracy Up Your Ass’ went viral in China and Taiwan. My sense of humor! If you can, grab five mint copies […]
Xōchipilli: Fun-Loving Aztec God of Sex, Drugs, and Music
November 1st, 2022 Awake Goy The Aztecs were known for their many unique deities, but one of the most fascinating is Xōchipilli, the Aztec god of flowers, love, art, and fertility, as well as patron of homosexuality. Read more Section: News Myths & Legends Americas Read Later Source Views: 0
Painting Linked to Aztec God of Drunkenness Discovered in 16th Century Mexican Convent!
October 14th, 2022 Awake Goy Archaeologists working at a Mexican holy site thought they were rediscovering a lost image of the Virgin Mary. But Mary never wore a feather plume, and seldom was she depicted within red circles. The pre-Hispanic mural turned out to be a representation of a Mesoamerican shield, related to the Aztec god of alcohol and drunkenness […]
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No Comments »El Tepozteco – The Aztec Temple Dedicated to the Drunken Rabbit God
July 15th, 2022 Awake Goy On a lonely peak of the Sierra de Tepoztelan in the state of Morelos in Mexico stands the Aztec temple of El Tepozteco. Read more Section: News Myths & Legends Americas Ancient Places Americas Read Later Source Views: 0
Mexican Archaeologists Find Over 2,500 Rare Wooden Aztec Artifacts!
June 22nd, 2022 Awake Goy Archaeologists in Mexico have unearthed one of the largest and most impressive collections of Aztec artifacts ever found, just northeast of the central plaza of Mexico City. Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later Views: 0
The University of Oxford is Older than the Aztec Civilization!
June 4th, 2022 Awake Goy The University of Oxford is so old that its existence predates the Aztec civilization by more than 200 years! Here are the facts: People were learning at the University of Oxford by 1096 Read more Section: News Weird Facts Read Later Views: 0
Aztec House and Floating Gardens Discovered Under Mexico City
May 8th, 2022 Awake Goy Archaeologists performing excavations in Mexico City’s Centro neighborhood dug up more than they bargained for when they uncovered the hidden ruins of an ancient Aztec dwelling, Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Ancient Places Americas Read Later Views: 0
Posted in Jewish News Tags: aztec, discovered, floating, gardens, house, Mexico, under No Comments »Aztec Weapons: The Horrifying Aztec Armory
April 4th, 2022 Awake Goy The Aztecs were a native Mesoamerican culture that thrived in the forests, jungles, and plains of Central Mexico from 1300 until 1521, when their capital Tenochtitlan was seized by Hernán Cortés and his legion of Spanish conquistadors. Despite their technological handicaps, they were incredibly skilled at making a variety of murderous armaments that often competed […]
Teotlnanácatl: In Search of the Aztec ‘God’s Flesh’ Psychedelic Mushroom
March 30th, 2022 Awake Goy Magic mushrooms, Shrooms, and the ever-famous Liberty Cap are all familiar terms for the same groovy fungus. Popularized in the western world in the late 50s, psychedelic mushrooms have been used for centuries. Read more Section: News Human Origins Religions Ancient Places Americas Read Later Source Views: 0
Posted in Jewish News Tags: aztec, flesh, mushroom, psychedelic, search, teotlnanacatl No Comments »Biggest Aztec Starfish Altar Ever, Found in Templo Mayor, Mexico City!
March 23rd, 2022 Awake Goy Archaeologists from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) found the largest ever Aztec starfish altar offering site at Templo Mayor, the largest Aztec temple. Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later Source Views: 0
Post-Conquest Aztec Altar With A Burned Human Unearthed In Mexico City
December 4th, 2021 Awake Goy Archaeologists in Mexico have excavated a 16th-century Aztec altar surrounded by sacred artifacts. While abstract trinkets and incense burners reflected the structure of the cosmos, a giant clay jar contained burned human remains. This was no ordinary Aztec altar, but a sacrificial altar. Researchers from Mexico’s National Institute for Anthropology and History (INAH) discovered the […]
New Study Verifies Aztec Manufacture of John Dee’s Obsidian Spirit Mirror
October 7th, 2021 Awake Goy Archaeologists from the University of Manchester have just completed a new analysis of several alleged Aztec artifacts currently on display at the British Museum in London. Of special interest was a shiny black obsidian mirror, which belonged to the famed 16th century magician, scientist, court advisor, and occult devotee John Dee . After completing a […]
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August 29th, 2021 Awake Goy Between the 1300s and the devastating arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in the early 1500s, the Aztecs were a flourishing Mesoamerican culture in the Valley of Mexico in Central Mexico, building one of the largest and most powerful empires in the Pre-Columbian Americas. The Aztecs were a highly knowledgeable and skilled people who were responsible […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: account, americas, aztec, codex, earthquakes, oldest, written No Comments »Aztec Pyramids in Wisconsin? Welcome to Aztalan State Park
August 24th, 2021 Awake Goy The enormous earth mounds which can be visited at Aztalan State Park in Wisconsin are remnants of an ancient culture that first settled the area around the 11th or 12th century AD. These massive architectural earthwork features were sculpted by a Native American civilization that existed in the United States in the Mississippi River Valley […]
The Aztec Map of Cuauhtinchan And The Hidden Pyramid of Teoton
August 7th, 2021 Awake Goy Within the Mexican State of Puebla, atop the ruins of a Pre-Columbian pyramid, stands the Convent of Cuauhtinchan. In 1891 AD, an ancient Aztec map was found concealed in the monastery. This exquisite artifact dates back to the time of the conquistadors and depicts a far older memory of pilgrimages, rituals, deities, sacrifices, sacred mountains, […]
Sacrifice and Destruction: The Apocalyptic Aztec Creation Myths
July 4th, 2021 Awake Goy Many ancient cultures around the world have their own creation myth to explain their origins, and how the universe came into being. But few are as vivid, or as apocalyptic as the creation myth of the Aztecs. This myth has been referred to as the “Five Suns” wherein the world is created and destroyed again […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: apocalyptic, aztec, creation, destruction, myths, sacrifice No Comments »Isabel Moctezuma: The Last Aztec Princess
April 21st, 2021 Awake Goy Isabel Moctezuma was an Aztec princess who lived during the time of the Spanish Conquest of Mexico. Isabel was the daughter of Moctezuma II, and by the time she was 11 or 12 years old, she had been married off not just to an Aztec noble, but also to two Aztec emperors. Following the fall […]
Tzompantli, A Morbid Aztec Skull Rack, Unearthed In Mexico City
December 13th, 2020 Awake Goy A tzompantli was a wooden rack developed by several Mesoamerican civilizations to publicly display the skulls of war captives. According to Joel W. Palka’s 2007 book Historical Dictionary of Mesoamerica, the tzompantli was a scaffold-like construction of poles on which heads and skulls were placed, and many similar skull towers have been discovered across Mesoamerica dating between 600–1250 AD. In 2017 […]
