Templo Mayor , Tenochtitlan (modern-day Mexico City), Aztec, 1375-1520, Indigenous Americas Templo Mayor  is the main temple in the city of Tenochtitlan, modern-day Mexico City and the capital of the Aztec Empire, in the most sacred part of the city. Templo Mayor was most likely the location of the most important ritual and ceremonial events. It was made during the period of 1375 to 1520 out of stone covered in stucco. It was made on a very large scale, and it could have been seen from four...

"Peace side," Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur , modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq, Sumerian, 2600-2400 BCE, wood inlaid with shell,...

Woman I , 1950-1952, Abstract Expressionism, oil on canvas Post World War II, Europe was facing the aftermath of war, while America was...