D.C., this statue of a goddess giving birth (above) was widely believed to be a pre-Columbian artifact representing Tlazolteotl, a complex Aztec goddess. An Earth deity, she also ruled over the ...

The simple fact is that childbirth and infancy ... read now with any confidence. The Aztec expert Kim Richter gives us her more secular understanding of the statue: "I've argued that the ...

The simple fact is that childbirth and infancy ... read now with any confidence. The Aztec expert Kim Richter gives us her more secular understanding of the statue: "I've argued that the ...