It was the third flat Aztec monolith to be discovered by accident ... It held the skeletons of two golden eagles—symbols of the sun—with their bodies facing westward. Surrounding the eagles ...

The darker turquoise mosaic pieces on the cheeks and nose of the mask appear to form a butterfly, another symbol ... Aztec mythology, sacrificed himself to the fire and emerged to become the sun.

The Aztec civilization may have peaked more than 500 years ago, but all the Aztec gods and goddesses remain culturally significant even today.

They saw the cosmos as more than just a collection of stars but also as a great symbol of life’s eternal ... as the technique to reproduce the Aztec Sun Stone. As for the mechanics, the flying ...