A Mexican codex in Oxford was thought to be Egyptian!
Colours had several layers of meaning in ancient Mexico...
The Aztec language has traded with Spanish a whole host of words
Which feathers went into making headdresses?
Nahuatl surnames that still exist from Aztec times
The good Aztec farmer studied the moon calendar
Grasshoppers - archetypal Aztec mutants...
We compare Maya and Aztec creation myths
Aztec rain gold was in fact a rare meteorite...
Aztec parents were loving but super strict...
Rituals in caves invoked the power of earth and underworld
Read a lovely story about Aztec companion spirits
The oldest team sport in the world...
A cremated example of a death whistle is rediscovered
What if the Aztecs had defeated the Spanish?
See Mexican singing stones being played...
Read our report on the 3rd London Nahuatl Study Day
See what we did on our first visit to a school!
The early history of cacao
We review a manual of ancient Mexican wisdom...
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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?
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Aztec Song
Oscar Wilde and Aztec music
SEE a teponaztli drum in action...
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HEAR: Large horned toad-shaped ocarina
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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
T-shaped whistle

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