MEXICO CITY — Mexican artist Hector Velazquez leaned in close and picked dust from one of his sculptures in a dim alcove of his exposition space. "They attract flies," he said in a disheartened voice.

In a bloody ritual, priests flayed victims and wore their skins as a tribute to the god of renewal and rebirth. On the left, a skull-like stone carving depicting the Flayed Lord, a pre-Hispanic ...

Xipe Totec is a god of agricultural renewal. Worshipped with human sacrifice, his priests wore the victims’ skins as ceremonial attire. Statues and carvings of Xipe Totec have turned up at ...

MEXICO CITY – Mexican experts have found the first temple of the Flayed Lord, a pre-Hispanic fertility god depicted as a skinned human corpse, authorities said Wednesday. Mexico's National Institute ...

Archaeologists excavating a site in Mexico have discovered a temple dedicated to Xipe Tótec, an Aztec deity associated with the ritualistic practice of wearing the skins of sacrificed individuals. The ...

The bright scent of copal fills the air as Xipe Totec’s sahumadora, a type of incense burner, as a sacred ritual is conducted to prepare the dancers of Xipe Totec Aztec Dance group before each ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Among the most significant of the various gods worshipped by the indigenous peoples of pre-Hispanic Mexico was Xipe Tótec ...