Aztec

This easy (potentially 80,000 year old) recipe for traditional organic Celtic or caramelized popcorn will keep you save from microwave popcorn nasties. Read on to discover exactly what nasties you can find in microwave popcorn, how native Americans popped corn and who Chicomecoatl is.

Two skull-shaped, hollow whistles were found 20 years ago at the temple of the wind god Ehecatl, in the hands of a sacrificed male skeleton. When the whistles were finally blown, the sounds created were described as terrifying.

The Aztec calendar wheels have been a source of fascination for centuries. It was not just a way to keep time - it was a complete philosophy of time in which every day had a religious significance. They also believed that time went in cycles - ultimately in the repeated destruction and recreation of the world. The universe was viewed as a very delicate equilibrium in constant danger of being disrupted by shifting powers of the gods and of the elemental forces in their lives.

The Hopi believed that the gods came up from the ground. The Hopi Ant People inside the Earth resemble the ‘grey aliens’ we depict today.