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See a delightful animated video of the birth of the 5th Aztec Sun

Today's Maya date is: 13.0.0.9.1 - 182 days into the new cycle!

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Did the Aztecs have a particularly BAD ruler, like we had Henry VIII? asked St. Mary’s RC Pri School. Read what Professor Davíd Carrasco had to say.

Welcome to the Aztecs at Mexicolore!

Mexicolore is a small, independent, artefact-based teaching team providing in-school workshops and teaching resources on Mexico and the Aztecs/Mexica. Since 1980 our teams have made over 2,300 visits to schools and museums throughout England. Learn more by clicking on ‘Teachers’ Page’...

“Mexicolore is the only organisation in the United Kingdom that for the last 30 years has been devoted to promoting Mexico’s Aztec heritage, presenting it in a unique and extraordinary way.” (Minister Ignacio Durán, Cultural Attaché, Mexican Embassy, UK)

“Los felicito por la excelente labor educativa que hacen en escuelas, museos y el internet. ¡Su página es, simplemente, la mejor que yo conozca!” (Dr. Leonardo López Luján, Director, Proyecto Templo Mayor, Mexico City)

In support of our team workshops on Mexico and the Aztecs in which some 180,000 children have already participated, this constantly updated, 100% educational website, based in London, offers a wealth of carefully researched information and resources on Aztec/Mexica culture, all designed to inspire, inform, intrigue and encourage serious students of the Aztecs (and ancient Mesoamerica in general) of ALL ages. Note: we receive no funding of any kind, you won’t find us on Facebook, and we carry no adverts. We’re proud of our independence!

To read and share our vision, click on ‘Getting Involved’, in the left hand menu.

Watch a delightful animation of

the birth of the 5th Aztec Sun...

Alex, the Origami King at St. Bernadette’s School,

makes an Aztec temple out of a single piece of paper!

An introduction

to Aztec law...

Watch a zany time-lapse video

of our team setting up in a school...

Watch a delightful animation

on the Aztec life cycle...

See and Be Seen - the meaning of

‘smoking’ obsidian mirrors

Is there a name for

the Aztec speech glyph?

Mexico was a latecomer

to the copper industry...

Lightning and rain are associated

with ancient beliefs in Mesoamerica

The pioneering work of H B ‘Nick’ Nicholson -

‘grandfather’ of Aztecs studies...

Were there rich and poor

in Aztec times?

Games and other amusements

of the ancient Mesoamericans...

Aztec borders -

new downloadable resources...

Basic Aztec facts:

AZTEC WEAPONS