Because the Aztec eagle warrior is common in Mexican culture ... “A lot of my approach to public art is getting the community involved,” he says. “For this mural, I wanted them to ...

The eagle was carved into the floor of a structure at the foot of Templo Mayor — the iconic pyramid-shaped temple that was built at the heart of the ancient Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlán ...

The eagle was carved into the floor at Templo Mayor in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán. Mirsa Islas / INAH Speaking with Live Science, Caroline Dodds Pennock, an Aztec historian at the ...

The temple floor was also marked with more than 60 smaller carvings. The eagle and other carvings on the south side of the building are thought to be linked to the story of the birth cycle of ...