mexico – Posts from the Edge

Over 1,000 red pyramids in Plaza Juárez, in front of the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs building in Mexico City.

Mexico, Mexico City, Plaza Juárez

An ancient skull elongated by cranial deformation or head flattening, displayed in the Museo Nacional de Antropología (National Museum of Anthropology) in Mexico City.

Mexico, Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Antropología

A flapping tube man, designed to look like a cathedral candle, advertises religious offerings in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City.

Mexico, Mexico City, Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe

The Isla de las Muñecas (Island of the Dolls) is home to hundreds of rotting, mouldy and crushed toys, which were fished from the waterways to appease the angry spirit of a girl who drowned nearby.

Mexico, Xochimilco, Island of the Dolls

A stunning Tigre mask in the Museo de Arte Popular in Mexico City.

Mexico, Mexico City, Museo de Arte Popular

An extraordinarily gory statue of Jesus in Puebla Cathedral, Mexico.

Mexico, Puebla, Puebla Cathedral

A Pez Diablo (devil fish), more commonly known as a Jenny Haniver, on display in a heath food store near the Zócalo in Mexico City.

Mexico, Mexico City, Zócalo

Museo de El Carmen in San Ángel, Mexico City, Mexico.

Mexico, Mexico City, San Ángel

Danza de los Voladores, Mexico City, Mexico

Mexico, Mexico City

A Terrifying corpse in the El Museo de las Momias (The Museum of the Mummies), Mexico

Mexico, Guanajuato, El Museo de las Momias

An horrific rotting toy at the Isla de las Muñecas (Island of the Dolls), Xochimilco, Mexico City

Mexico, Xochimilco, Island of the Dolls