Labret, Serpent with Articulated Tongue (Aztec, 13th-early 16th century), gold, on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Gif by Hrag Vartanian for Hyperallergic, images via The Met) ...

Real cities-major cities, cities with smarts and sophistication-have art. So a few years ago, seeking to establish a cultural outpost in the bland high-technology wilderness of Silicon Valley, San … ...

Episode 78 - Double-headed serpent. Double-headed serpent (made between 1400 and 1700). Mosaic; from Mexico. Listening to the sounds of buskers in the heart of Mexico City today, beating Aztec ...

Art Review: What The Plumed Serpent Says — And Doesn’t Say — About Ancient Mexico. Curators have taken care to arrange a series of exquisite works loosely connected by a recurring myth ...

"Fashion comp" by Yolanda in the Fashion section of BBC Blast ...

Around the time of the Spanish conquest of Mexico in the 16th century, hundreds of serpent sculptures were believed to have formed a wall around an Aztec temple in Tenochtitlan.

Around the time of the Spanish conquest of Mexico in the 16th century, hundreds of serpent sculptures were believed to have formed a wall around an Aztec temple in Tenochtitlan.

He said the platform, which is still being unearthed, was gradually uncovered over the preceding months. It is covered with at least 19 serpent heads, each about a half-yard (meter) long.

Episode 78 - Double-headed serpent. Double-headed serpent (made between 1400 and 1700). Mosaic; from Mexico. Listening to the sounds of buskers in the heart of Mexico City today, beating Aztec ...