The composite image on the right shows a drawing of a simple peasant farmer’s house (from a codex) alongside a reconstructed Aztec house interior in a major Mexican museum. Learn more by clicking on ‘One-room bed-sit’ below...
than their European counterparts...
did the Aztecs eat?
richest diversity in the use of hallucinogens...
and dreams lead to death!
and a sign of reverence and humility...
superstitions around eclipses?’
Just invite it to warm itself by the fire...
and display rather than military efficiency...
‘Lord and Lady of the necessities of life’
social mobility wasn’t just possible but encouraged...
(with a spot of yellow)...
[by the Aztecs] when consuming food...’
on their journey to the underworld...
Aztec souls or ‘animistic entities’...
- so they had to work twice as hard...
of an Aztec midwife...’
a good harvest and more praying earlier for abundance
when greeting each other?
and was a good ‘reader of the day signs’
was to scare it with its own reflection...
or you’ll stop growing...!
on chairs - they squatted
had to head home at 6 pm!
was talking about you far away!
Mexica nobles and commoners...
on household Aztec furniture...
was likened to a warrior in a battle
on the Aztec life cycle...
- the Mexica version...
to sell themselves to feed their families...
... to go to the loo at night!
REWARD: a beautiful cape!
in individual Mexica lives...
For the Aztec Girl...
physical strength, moral force
... years old
cactus beetles called cochineal - in huge quantities...
to hide the soft bag under your cape...
and held like darts thrown in battle!
clues to ancient Mexican weddings
the canoe was king
ear-piercing, tongue-piercing or nose-piercing?
‘a cut above the rest...’
- ‘so that their hair shone...’
... Home smoky home!
...they ‘sang with their feet’
- even the Spanish were deeply impressed...
‘giving wisdom to their face’!
the pelican mirrored their fate...
... were often linked to clothing
Mmmmmm... vanilla!
- the Aztecs gave you a sporting chance...
... seriously bad news!
To the Aztecs they were omens as well as pests...
The timeless sound of tortilla-making
... they made a strong case ‘for crying out loud’
... for the Aztecs it was water to water
- goddess of the ‘steamy’ side of life...
... feet handle rough terrain far better
...Yippee!!!
One of the benefits of the agave!
Patolli was an Aztec board game.