The First London Nahuatl Study Day and Workshops
Aztec women painted their faces a beautiful yellow
What do the elements in the 20 Aztec day signs represent?
A lasting memorial of the violence that followed the Conquest
Read a lovely story about Aztec companion spirits
See what we did on our first visit to a school!
Were Aztec laments mere cries of anguish?
The rare remains of an Aztec waistcoat
The 20 day signs formed a precious necklace...
Aztec Women: Capable Partners and Cosmic Enemies
Evidence for cacao drinks go back to 1600 BCE!
Witchcraft and sorcery was powerful business in ancient Mexico
Aztec artists were considered as razor sharp
The tradition of bark painting in Mexico
Cacao use among the Pre-Hispanic Maya
Is the chacmool anything to do with the ballgame?
Did the ancient Maya invent the first comics?
What lies underneath Aztec sculpture?
The ancient art of spear throwing in Mexico
New perspectives show the complexity of Aztec ritual practices
General Aztecs Maya Tocuaro Kids Contact 20 Jul 2019/1 Wind
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The (skull) rasp
Ancient musical instruments from western Mexico
Poetic imagery of Mexico-Tenochtitlan in Aztec songs
Nahua villagers playing an Aztec drum: appeal for information
Ancient Mexican sounds archive
Music, Song and Dance among the Aztecs - a short introduction
Music and the laws of Nezahualcoyotl Click the flag for a Spanish translation
SEE singing stones being played...
Stringed Instruments?
PLAY: sound bites - music Az Tec plays it!
Aztec Song
Oscar Wilde and Aztec music
SEE a teponaztli drum in action...
HEAR: T-shaped whistle
HEAR: Skull-shaped whistle
HEAR: Small whistle
HEAR: Single pipe
HEAR: Double pipe
HEAR: Large horned toad-shaped ocarina
HEAR: Bird-shaped ocarina
Occasionally even experts make mistakes!
Aztec Music news...
Brighton Early Music Festival 2006
Aztec War Drum Video
The conch trumpet
The ‘death whistle’
‘Death whistle’: cremated example (re)discovered
Appeal to the Mexican President Click the flag for a Spanish translation
If you want to study Aztec music in depth...
Forerunners of recorded music from ancient Mexico
Bird-shaped ocarina

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See our full-length article on the ocarina...
Hear the call of the quetzal bird
Pottery: Ocarina Clay Whistle (how to make one!)
See and hear experts playing and discussing ancient ocarinas in the Peabody Museum collections (USA)
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