A remarkable piece of Aztec history has been unearthed in the heart of Mexico City, revealing the enduring artistry and ...

Peruvian anthropologist Luis Millones and Mexican archeologist Eduardo Matos speak with EL PAÍS and reflect on their new book ...

there is talk of the Aztec Empire, when the most accurate thing would be to call it the Mexica Empire, since the latter were the ones who founded and expanded it. Tenochtitlan was founded in 1325 ...

To begin with, the mighty Aztec sustained their empire—the triple alliance of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan—for less than a century before it was eviscerated by European conquerors.

Almost 200 years ago, it led to the formation of a powerful political, economic, and religious empire of Precolumbian Mexico based on a small settlement in the western swamps of Lake Texcoco. As a ...

MEXICO CITY -- In Mexico City’s bustling historic center, the Hospital de Jesus covers most of a city block. Its faded ...

Xiuhtecuhtli, whose name means "turquoise lord" in the Nahuatl language, was the Aztec "new fire" god. The Aztecs kept a ...

Soon Moctezuma was dead; Tenochtitlan was reduced by the Spaniards to smoking rubble, and with no emperor and no capital, the Aztec Empire was effectively destroyed. These catastrophes were ...

Five centuries after the Aztec empire's fall, a Mexican video game ... led by Hernan Cortes to capture the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan – today Mexico City – on August 13, 1521.