What it is: A turquoise-encrusted wooden mask from the Aztec civilization Where it is from: Somewhere in Mesoamerica When it was made: Between 1400 and 1521 Related: Book of Kells: A 1,200-year ...

A sculpture by artist Hernan Gomez Chavez of Huehueteotl, or Old God, is displayed Tuesday at the Southside Branch Library.It will be on display through Jan. 20.

Archaeology Ram in the Thicket: A 4,500-year-old gold statue from the royal cemetery at Ur. ... Xiuhtecuhtli, whose name means "turquoise lord" in the Nahuatl language, was the Aztec "new fire" god.