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Professor Susan D. Gillespie

If warriors turned into butterflies in the afterlife, what did ordinary people turn into? asked St. Neot’s Prep School. Read what Professor Susan D. Gillespie had to say.

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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.

Aztec life cycle animationWatch a delightful animation

on the Aztec life cycle...

See and Be Seen: (‘Smoking’) MirrorsSee and Be Seen - the meaning of

‘smoking’ obsidian mirrors

Ask UsIs there a name for

the Aztec speech glyph?

Mesoamerican Copper - An Industry of ConnectionsMexico was a latecomer

to the copper industry...

Lightning in Mesoamerica: Manifestations and TransformationsLightning and rain are associated

with ancient beliefs in Mesoamerica

Dr. H.B. Nicholson - ‘Grandfather’ of Aztecs StudiesThe pioneering work of H B ‘Nick’ Nicholson -

‘grandfather’ of Aztecs studies...

Were there rich and poor in Aztec times?Were there rich and poor

in Aztec times?

Games and Other Amusements of the Ancient MesoamericansGames and other amusements

of the ancient Mesoamericans...

Ideas for AZTEC BORDERS...Aztec borders -

new downloadable resources...

Basic Aztec facts: AZTEC WEAPONSBasic Aztec facts:

AZTEC WEAPONS

‘Aztec Century’We reckon this is the best ‘Aztec’

alternate history novel written so far

Ideas for DANCE...Need ideas for teaching ‘Aztec’ dance?

We have a hot tip for you...!

SEE a teponaztli drum in action...See and hear an expert musician

raise the tempo on a teponaztli...

Mexican craft workshops in schoolsWe now run a range of craft workshops

on Mexican themes in schools