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The Aztec rulers often expressed their power with body modification, such as labrets pierced through the lower lip. The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently acquired a spectacular example of this ...

Visual images can be powerful markers for any society, even one which existed centuries ago. The Aztec empire in Mexico was in its glory from 1430 to 1521, but its culture still fascinates people ...

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