Senior Researcher in Archaeology at the Museo del Templo Mayor in Mexico City, and Director of the Proyecto Templo Mayor since 1991, Leonardo López Luján holds a PhD from the University of Paris X-Nanterre. He began working in archaeological projects when he was eight years old. A recipient of several fellowships, including the Guggenheim, he specializes in the politics, religion, and art of Pre-Columbian urban societies in Central Mexico. In recent years he has also devoted part of his time to research on the history of archaeology. He has authored or co-authored thirteen books, including The Offerings of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan (winner of the Kayden Humanities Award), Mexico's Indigenous Past (with Alfredo López Austin), La Casa de las Águilas (winner of the Alfonso Caso Prize), and Escultura monumental mexica (with Eduardo Matos Moctezuma). Among his six edited or co-edited volumes are Gli Aztechi tra passato e presente (with Alessandro Lupo and Luisa Migliorati) and The Art of Urbanism (with William L. Fash).