The Aztec skulls from Tonalá, decorated with mosaics, belonged to young men treated as gods who...

Nkisi Mbumba skulls are considered magical objects filled with medicines that contain a spirit of an ancestor and...

The skulls, and sometimes other remains belonging to deceased relatives, were decorated and carried on the back during mourning. They were believed to have the power to...

Nuestras momias en el Museo Arqueológico de Cacabelos. Our mummies at the Cacabelos Archaeological Museum.