Manuel Aguilar-Moreno was born in Guadalajara, México. He received his B.S in Electronic Engineering and then a certification in Education at the ITESO University. Following this, Mr. Aguilar-Moreno received an additional degree in Mexican History with special emphasis on the state of Jalisco, from "El Colegio de Jalisco". In 1997 he completed his studies for a Master's degree in Latin American Studies at the University of Texas At Austin, and then in 1999, received an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Art History and Anthropology, also from the University of Texas at Austin where he studied with the late Dr. Linda Schele and Dr. Karl Butzer. Mr. Aguilar-Moreno has made numerous intensive cultural and investigative research trips within his native Mexico as well as to diverse countries of America, Europe, Asia and Africa. He has been a professor of Art History, World History, History of México and Biblical Literature at such institutions as the ITESO Jesuit University and the Instituto de Ciencias, in Guadalajara, Mexico; the University of San Diego, California; the University of Texas at Austin; and Saint Peter's Prep School in New Jersey. Mr. Aguilar-Moreno was also the Principal of Instituto de Ciencias, the Jesuit High School in Guadalajara. He is author of numerous books, among them: The Belen Cemetery: an architectural and historical study (1992), The Meaning of the Bible (1994), Quest for the Atlquiahuitl: Cajititlan (1995), El Panteón de Belén y El Culto a los Muertos en México: Una búsqueda de lo sobrenatural (1997), The Cult of the Dead in México: Continuity of a Millennial Tradition (1998), The Perfection of Silence: The Cult of Death in Mexico and the Cemetery of Belén (2003), Ulama (2004), and Handbook of Life in the Ancient Aztec World (2006). He also has written countless articles in edited books, journals, magazines and newspapers. Mr. Aguilar-Moreno is frequently asked to present slide shows and lectures on the History of Mexican Art as well as World Art in the United States, Mexico and Europe. Currently, Mr. Aguilar-Moreno is a professor of World and Latin American Art History at California State University, Los Angeles. He is also professor of Mexican Art History for summer courses at the University of San Diego. He is on the advisory board of the Virtual Mesoamerican Archive. Photo and biographical information provided by Mr. Aguilar-Moreno. The photo was shot in Santa María Acatitlan while the author was researching his Aztec book in 2004. (SW)