Serpent and the Sun: Tales of an Aztec Apprentice Serpent and the Sun: Tales of an Aztec Apprentice Serpent and the Sun: Tales of an Aztec Apprentice is a 2008 documentary film written and directed by Shaahin Cheyene, an Iran-born American businessman. The documentary was filmed in Mexico, and tells the story about the life of the Aztec people in the modern era. Miktlan Ehekateotl “Ehe” Kuahtlinxan, a 52nd Aztec medicine man came out in the open to convey a message that the cultures, traditions and the Aztec people did not vanish. According to the documentary, more than 1.5 million people in Mexico speak Nahuatl and some of the
Aztec mummy Aztec mummy Aztec mummy refers to an intentionally prepared or naturally desiccated human body of Aztec origin. Distinctions must be made between intentionally prepared Aztec mummies and mummies resulting from natural desiccation. Prepared Aztec mummy “bundles” consist of the remains of the deceased placed in a woven bag or wrap which was often adorned with a ceremonial mask. Most of the more widely known examples of Aztec mummies, which formed the basis of popular traveling exhibitions and museum exhibits in the 19th Century, were likely the product of natural desiccation rather than an intentional mummification process. Unlike Egyptian mummies, which