The lowly food source that helped the Aztecs grow into an empire...
Mexico has given us avocados...
The 20 day signs formed a precious necklace...
Get your kids to dye cochineal!
We tell you which museums hold Aztec objects...
New perspectives show the complexity of Aztec ritual practices
Gum was used to chew and to seal and stick things
The ancient art of spear throwing in Mexico
An extraordinary ancient Mexican wind resonator
Aztec rain gold was in fact a rare meteorite...
The Aztecs had to be indoors every day by 6 pm!
Hear the old- fashioned sound of tortilla making
There are 6 surviving pre-Hispanic Mixtec codices
See what we did on our first visit to a school!
Colours had several layers of meaning in ancient Mexico...
Why would a Catholic priest build an Aztec pyramid?
Did the ancient Maya invent the first comics?
What did the ancient Maya wear?
What lies underneath Aztec sculpture?
Cocoa beans make perfect small change!
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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
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Stringed Instruments?
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Aztec Song
Oscar Wilde and Aztec music
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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 Click the flag for a Spanish translation
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Forerunners of recorded music from ancient Mexico
T-shaped whistle

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