From Hindu demon myths to Aztec end-times beliefs, solar eclipses have long been seen as signs of doom. This video explores ...

From the distance of five centuries we often look back to the conquest of Mexico as an all-out defeat for Aztec civilization ... Camilla Townsend’s fine “Fifth Sun: A New History of the ...

Only by challenging the sun could one be granted access. Mercury and Venus, for example, were considered twins in Aztec mythology, and they both had the ability to venture close to the sun ...

The Egyptian sun god Ra was said to sail his boat across the sky by day and carry it back through the underworld by night. This depiction of Ra is from the tomb of Nefertari. The Aztec sun god ...