indians of mexico

Explores the history and culture of Mesoamerica, looking at Tenochtitlan, the capital city of the Aztec Empire,discussing the effects of European exploration on the New World, examining the Spanish conquest and destruction of the Aztec and Inca Empires, and investigating the mystery of the Red Queen, an unidentified Mayan mummy discovered by archaeologists in 1994.

Discusses the mythology from Indians of various regions of Mexico and Central America, describing origins, comparing the similar tales, and presenting some of the myths themselves.

Provides information about some of the better-known masked festivals held in various regions and states of Mexico, and includes photographs of the different styles of masks specific to each area.

Describes what it would have been like to have lived during the heyday of Mexico's greatest cities. ..

Explores the Aztec and Olmec civilizations and uses computer techniques to re-create how they may have looked in the sixteenth century.

Traces the history of the ancient Mexican civilizations of the Maya and Aztecs.

While on an archaeological dig in central Mexico, Ricky, Old Lady Bugsby, and the Jamesville gang investigate the mysterious disappearance of a Mayan girl's father.

Coyote is featured in each of these Aztec interpretations of Aesop's fables, where the trickster becomes the chief character.

Explores the civilization of the Aztecs, using text, quizzes, and games.

Tells the story of a rock discovered by construction workers in 1978 which had been sculpted by the Mexica Indians over 500 years earlier to represent the moon, which they believed was a god.