Portal:Mesoamerica/Did you know/January 2013

• ... that Xiuhtecuhtli (mask pictured), the Aztec god of fire, was one of the nine Lords of the Night even though he was a solar deity?
• ... that the triadic pyramid complex was an early Maya architectural form based on the Maya creation myth?
• ... that the Classic Period Mesoamerican archaeological site of Bilbao on the Pacific coastal plain of Guatemala, features a significant amount of sculpture with ballgame imagery?