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The stories of Malinche and Pocahontas
Colours had several layers of meaning in ancient Mexico...
The sunflower - one of Mexico’s gifts to the world
Did Sir Hans Sloane introduce chocolate to Britain?
The ancient art of spear throwing in Mexico
Are the Aztec and Maya daysigns the same?
The chimalli - classic defensive weapon in all Mesoamerica
The pre-Columbian ballgame survives today in Sinaloa...
The story of the woman who interpreted for Cortes
Maya connections at Bristol City Museum
Get your kids to dye cochineal!
Trainee runners had to shin up the 113 steps of the Templo Mayor
Many plants and animals had more than one meaning...
Tenochtitlan depended on an ecological miracle
How music came to the world
Witchcraft and sorcery was powerful business in ancient Mexico
The Aztecs have been called by many names
Did the ancient Maya invent the first comics?
The Aztecs were skilled users of shell in making mosaics
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Ayotl
(turtle-shell drum)
The intriguing ‘mecahuehuetl’
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
Indigenous breath instruments
Music, Song and Dance among the Aztecs - a short introduction
Music and the laws of Nezahualcoyotl
SEE singing stones being played...
Stringed Instruments?
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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!
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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
If you want to study Aztec music in depth...
Forerunners of recorded music from ancient Mexico
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