At the heart of Aztec religious life stood the Great Temple, or Templo Mayor, in what is now the capital city of Mexico City. This monumental structure served as the focal point of religious ...

The Aztec Death Whistle ... They then tossed the victims' lifeless bodies down the steps of the Great Temple known as Templo Mayor, in Mexico City. Andrés de Tapia, also a conquistador, described ...

Although it has been argued that other ancient wonders of comparable regard—such as the Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu in Peru, and the Aztec Temple in Tenochtitlan in Mexico—should have ...

and especially to the great feathered serpent god, Quetzalcoatl: "The snake was important for the Aztecs as a symbolism of regeneration and resurrection. In the temple of Quetzalcoatl in ...

The invaders crushed temples and raised churches all over the Aztec Empire ... could be compared to some of the great medieval cathedrals in Europe, certainly in size and grandeur." ...