Archaeologists working at the Templo Mayor site in Mexico City have recovered a ritual deposit containing stone figurines and ...
Archaeologists uncovered 118 skeletons at an Aztec-era burial site, including remains believed to belong to both Aztecs and ...
The real history of human sacrifice.
Explore the history of the Aztecs, their incredible achievements in art, architecture, and warfare, as well as the factors ...
The Aztecs, one of the most intriguing and sophisticated civilizations to have ever existed, left an indelible mark on Mexico’s cultural and historical landscape. Before their dramatic fall to Spanish ...
An Aztec burial mask housed in the British Museum, crafted from a mosaic of precious stones, depicts a face with boils.
In a sense, 1521 is Mexico's 1619. A foundational moment that for centuries has been shaped by just one perspective: a European one. The story of how Hernán Cortés and a few hundred Spaniards ...
Archaeologists in Mexico City have found an altar dated to the decades after Spain’s 1521 conquest of the Aztec Empire’s capital, Tenochtitlán. Located in the courtyard of an Aztec home, the altar ...