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Did the Mexica-Aztecs believe different colouredmaize had different religious properties?

Did the Aztecs and Mayan peoplesbelieve in predestination?

What did the Europeans makeof the Aztecs brought to Spain?

Is the Templo Mayor the only exampleof a double shrine in Mesoamerica?

How were disputes settled?Did they have a nonviolent approach to problem-solving?

Paintings of places aren’t naturalistic landscapes- they use standard pictorial conventions...

What was the ancient Mayasymbol for the moon?

Why didn’t most Aztec warriors wear helmetsif their culture and economy was based on warfare?

What was the purposeof sculpting Mexica-Aztec goddesses?

Why did Mexica-Aztec priestspractice asceticism?

Most Toltec day signs were similar to Aztec ones...

Were cougars less reveredin Mesoamerica than jaguars?

Was there an Aztec god ofdreams called Xoaltecuhtli?

Did the Mexica-Aztecs plananother layer for the Templo Mayor?

Did women sing and dance in ritualslike their male counterparts in Aztec culture?

Did the Aztecs have their ownorganised schools of thought?

What about Aztec toiletsand bathing together?

How did Aztec warriorsadapt to Spanish tactics?

More questions aboutAztec warriors...!

Did Aztec warriors havetheir own warrior code?

Did the Aztecs knowabout peccaries?

Cleanliness was a cherishedvirtue in Aztec society...

What would be an Aztecsymbol for welcome?

Are Toci and Tlazolteotlseparate Mexica deities?

Aztec garrisons were usuallyonly temporary...

Can you name some of Ahuitzotl’s children?He had around twenty!

Each specialist consultationwas paid for with a meal...

Opochtli - Aztec god of fisherfolkand lakeside hunting

Did the Mexicause canoes for war?

How did the town of Mixtlanin Jalisco get its name?

Did the Aztecs leave tobaccoas a ritual harvest offering?

Who was Huemac?

To the Aztecs did turquoise diadems andfeather headdresses have different meanings?

What did the Aztecs think of Venus?Did Venus have a symbol?

Did the Aztecs performmummification...?

Did the Toltecspaint codices?

What is the origin of theAztec spirit bird?

What were Aztec battleformations like?

Can you translate the symbolsround this chess set?

Did the Aztecs use groundstonetools like basalt and jade?

What is the round green/red object in Xochipilli’s hand?

Did the massacre of Toxcatlaffect the Mexica army?

Did Tezcatlipoca actuallyhave four wives?

What did noble/elite houses look likein the Aztec Empire?

Is this text aNezahualcoyotl poem?

What do we know about Teotitlan?

Can you give an example ofthe art of magic?

What did heron featherssymbolise to the Aztecs?

How did the bridges workin the causeways outside Tenochtitlan?

How did Spanish conquistadors describe Aztec warriors?

How bad was it to be underthe control of the Mexica?

How did the Aztecswrite down distances?

What’s the connection betweenXiuhtecuhtli, Huehueteotl and Chantico?

Please tell me more about Itzpapalotl(Obsidian Butterly) and her Chichimec origins

Did/do spiders have any symbolismto the aztec/nahua besides as medicine?

What’s with Ixtlilton?Was he the Aztec god of medicine?

Did Aztec slingers stuff clay projectileswith stone and obsidian?

Were any other animals associatedwith the moon, apart from the rabbit?

What do Quetzalcoatl’s earplugslook like in real life?

Does the ‘Rise Talokan!’ hand signhave a historical meaning in the codices?

How did Aztec warriorstrain for fighting?

Were fish symbolicto the Aztecs?

Did sharks or swordfishsymbolise anything special?

Did crows symbolise anythingfor the Mexica/Aztecs?

Did the Mexica really scar childrendestined to attend religious school?

What rituals would have accompaniedMexica (Aztec) deaths?

Did the Aztecs have anything likethe 7 deadly sins in Christianity?

What was the average ageof an Aztec emperor?

What word would the Aztecs have usedfor an empress/female huey tlatoani?

Did the Aztecs refer toTenochtitlan and Mexico?

Did Aztec merchants (pochteca)stay at roadside inns or hostels?

Could Aztec priestsand priestesses marry?

Did the codices contain adviceon being a good ruler?

Did commoners have access to codices,or was it only the Aztec nobility?

Did the Aztecs/Mexica have a preferredhand for wielding weapons?

How did Mexica warriors carry their weaponswhen not fighting?

Did Mictecacihuatl have her own temple?

What was the symbolfor the Mexica themselves?

Did the Aztecsuse wood saws?

Why did Quetzalcóatl and Tezcatlipocaplay lead roles in the Aztec creation story?

Was the Mexica war cry‘in atl in tlachinolli’?

Did the Mexica/Aztecs have a namefor the north American continent?

How exactly did the Mexicadeclare war on an enemy?

Did the Mexica use scent orperfume on their bodies?

How do I go aboutchoosing an Aztec name?

Did the Mexica say prayers beforeor after going on a hunt?

Who created the deitiesMictlantecuhtli and Mictecacihuatl?

Did the Aztecs have initiation ritesfor new warriors?

Did Mesoamericans use fatand earth ovens for cooking?

What animals were associated with the sun in Mesoamerica?

Are there records of albinism or albinos in ancient Mexico?

Is there a symbol that means familyin Aztec culture?

How much of sobador (massage) cultureoriginates from prehispanic times?

What type of war paintdid the Aztecs have?

Did the Mexica practice hand-to-handcombat and martial arts in general?

Is ANY of the treasure given to orseized by Cortés accounted for today?

What all was for sale in the great Tlatelolco market?

Did Aztec men grow beardsprior to the Europeans’ arrival?

Which Aztec ceremonies didNOT include human sacrifices?

Did Acamapichtli really marrya Toltec-Culhua princess?

When does a day ‘start’ in the tonalpohualli?- At sunrise, noon, sunset, midnight...?

Which were the names of the smaller townslinked by causeways to Tenochtitlan?

How did the Mexica/Aztecsdeal with mental illness?

Were all Mexica great astronomersor just the priests?

How did the Aztecs light their homes?Did they light candles everywhere?

Did the Aztecs give hugswhen greeting each other?

Can you tell me more aboutthe Aztecs’ relationship to the sea?

What do we know about giantsin Aztec/Mexica mythology?

What do the colour bands meanin images of Tezcatlipoca’s face?

Did the Mexica really sacrificea princess from Colhuacan?

I’m searching for information on axolotlsand their role in Mexican mythology, folklore and arts

What’s the meaningof this ‘Mayan’ statue?

What were the similarities and differencesbetween Xochipilli and Xochiquetzal?

What did Aztec religion share withwider Mesoamerican cultures?

How did the Aztecs have their hair cutwhen they captured or killed an enemy?

How did commoners address the emperor?How did they address other commoners?

Can you recommend good resourcesfor learning Mexica writing/script?

Can you give some other examples of Aztectemples besides the Templo Mayor?

Is this tattoo designan Aztec eagle?

Did the Aztecs try to convertthe peoples they conquered?

Is it blood, paint or something else on the faceof Tenoch in the Codex Mendoza?

Why don’t bears feature more stronglyin Aztec mythology/calendar?

What did the Mexica/Aztecs useto paint stone sculptures red?

Did maize dough Mexican crucifixes developout of Aztec corn stalk paste deity figurines?

Did the Aztecs havecoming-of-age rituals?

Can you identify the imagein this poster?

My family comes from Temaxcalapa -what does the word mean?

What proof is there, other than propaganda,of Aztec human sacrifice?

Did the Mexica/Aztecs have a termfor religion, belief, worship...?

How did the Aztecs get their stonesfor building structures?

Did the Aztecs usemetal spears?

Can you translate this Nahuatl saying for me?It’s from a mural in Kingsburg, California

How did the Aztecsuse stars?

What became of the Aztec nobilityafter the Spanish invasion?

What did the Mexica/Aztecscall the Spanish invaders?

How did Aztec cultureinfluence their housing?

Why did Pedro de Alvaradomassacre the Aztecs?

What type of surgerydid the Aztecs practice?

What did royal Aztecwomen wear?

Did all Aztec gods have maleand female aspects?

What items featured in the festival for Xilonen?

Did divorce existamong the Aztecs?

How might Cuauhtémoc have looked likeafter he became Aztec emperor?

Is it Tlaltecuhtli on the faceof this very large gold ring?

How was the Aztec army suppliedand how did they treat war wounds?

How did the Aztecs viewdwarfs and other abnormalities...?

What is this object shownin an Aztec trial?

Is it true Xochiquetzal wasa female Aztec warrior?

Has the funerary urn of emperor Ahuitzotlalready been found?

How did dogs act as guidesfor the souls of the dead?

Did the Mexica/Aztecs have any war chants- like the Polynesians did?

What distinguished the clothing ofAztec priests from that of royals?

What’s going on in this imagefrom the Florentine Codex?

Which feast was dedicatedto Chalchiuhtlicue?

What was daily life likefor Aztec royal court musicians?

How did the Aztecs dyetheir colourful costumes?

Did the Aztecs use a weaponcalled a ‘Mixtec Sabre’?

What was the symbolism of the four directions(East, West, North and South) in Mexica culture?

Were women responsible forstudying the night sky?

Please help identify this turquoise mosaic discat the Templo Mayor Museum

How far north and south didMesoamerican societies trade?

What happened to the rest ofthe sacrificed person’s body?

Who exactly were the ‘Chichimec’ peoplementioned in Aztec records?

Is there a name forthe Aztec speech glyph?

Did the Aztecs paint ordecorate their canoes?

What was the symbol for turquoiseand why was it special to the Aztecs?

How do we know there wasa zoo in Tenochtitlan?

How historically accurate ismodern-day ‘Aztec’ dance and song?

Why did the Mexica show gods and animalswith the tongue hanging out?

What were the 13 different heavensand 9 different underworlds?

What exactly was theAztec ‘calpulli’?

What clothes did Aztec (Mexica)children wear?

What are the best source booksif I want to research Aztec music?

What museums hold the keypre-Columbian codices today?

Were deerskin strap masks wornon the face, head, or where?

Did the Mexica use informal familynicknames like ‘Mum’ and ‘Dad’?

What was the value of the goldtaken by the Spanish Conquistadores?

Can you provide the Náhuatltranslation for this poem?

Where does the word ‘pulque’come from?

The foundation symbol -snake, water and fire, or no snake?

Did the Mexica tend to haveone spouse, or many?

Is the story of Popo and Iztaancient myth or folklore?

Did the Mexicahave and use maps?

Were battle standards sacredor strictly utilitarian?

Has anyone identified the symbols on the war shieldsas to which cities they represented?

What was the Aztec/Mexicasymbol for war?

How did a typical Aztec battleplay out?

Where can I find an imageof the goddess Tonantzin?

Why did the Aztecs always show monkeys wearing an earring?

Who or what does the famousdouble-headed serpent represent?

Who was ‘Cihuacóatl’when the Spanish arrived?

Can you tell my son more aboutthe ‘crying boy’ whistling jug?

What’s the wind god holdingin this codex picture?

The Mexica symbol for goldmeant ‘gods’ poo’

How did the Mexicadesign their gardens?

The mysterious rectangular motifunder the neck on Mexica women’s blouses

How did commoner clothes for the Aztecsdiffer from that of nobles and royalty?

Did Cuauhtémoc have an emblemon his shield?

What’s the name of the white clothworn by rulers round their shoulders?

Where did the Aztecsstore their food?

Can I call myselfMoctezuma?

Please identify the two godsyou’ve shown back to back

What materials were usedto make Aztec shields?

What’s the best starting pointto introduce our Aztecs unit?

How did the Aztecs makestone pestles-and-mortars?

What can you tell us aboutthe Aztec God of Good Health?

Why did the Aztecswear headdresses?

How big wasthe Aztec Calendar?

Where can I find an imageof the goddess Citlalicue?

Where did the Aztecsbuild their pyramids?

Can you help our 10-year-old with her project on Aztec food?

Is it Tezcatlipoca -- or Tezcatilpoca?

It’s been called the most famous pagein pre-Columbian literature...

Can you recommend an Aztec protective imagefor a tattoo?

How did the Aztecsgreet each other?

Are there any child friendly sourceson the Aztec view of the Conquest?

Who’s calling who‘barbaric’?

My Mexican name is Cuitlahuac -- what does it really mean?

The Myth of Ce Acatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl

Caught in the middle?How did Nahua women react to the Spanish conquest?

How long did the Spanish hang aroundin Tenochtitlan after Moctezuma’s death?

Did Aztec men wear earrings- and if so, what type?

How big was theAztec Army?

What can you tell us about Tenochtitlan’s twin city -Tlatelolco?