This is a stone carving of Tlazolteotl, an Aztec figure shown giving birth ... collection at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., this statue of a goddess giving birth (above) was widely believed ...

(Marina Warner) Everybody knows about the Aztecs, and how the great Aztec ... eloquent of them are groups of highly distinctive stone statues. Here in the Mexico Gallery at the British Museum ...

(Marina Warner) Everybody knows about the Aztecs, and how the great Aztec ... eloquent of them are groups of highly distinctive stone statues. Here in the Mexico Gallery at the British Museum ...

Two large skulls, believed to be carved from imported volcanic stone and weighing about 200kg (440lb) each were also discovered. Artefacts used in Aztec rituals to go on display Mayan artwork ...