The placement of every excavated object appeared to be governed by an exquisite logic, re-creating the Aztec Empire's entire cosmology. It was at the very bottom of the second offering box that ...

A newly discovered trove of Aztec sacrifices could lead archaeologists to an elusive Aztec emperor's tomb. Such a discovery would mark a first since no Aztec royal burial has yet been found ...

Spanish forces and their Indigenous allies captured Tenochtitlán in 1521, bringing the Aztec Empire’s reign to a close after less than a century. The White House, whose cornerstone was laid in 1792, ...

A day earlier, Aztec Emperor Moctezuma was killed, or possibly assassinated, according to the native informants of one Spanish chronicler, which promoted a frenzied battle that forced Cortes ...

(The term ‘Aztec’ is actually a poorly defined term that denotes the Empire comprised numerous people who spoke a common Nahuatl tongue, and the peoples conquered by the Mexica.) Professor ...

Historians believe that Emperor Moctezuma, who ruled from 1502 to 1520, probably gave the plume to Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes who took it to Europe. Lopez Obrador's plea came on the ...

The first natives you encounter are the friendly Totonac, but Aztec runners have already seen your arrival and sent messages to their ruler 200 miles away, the emperor of the mighty Aztec Empire ...

Cuauhtemoc, last of the Aztec Emperors, is one of Indian Mexico’s greatest heroes. After his desperate temple-to-temple defense of Mexico City against the Spaniards had collapsed in 1521 ...