April 16th has been a day marked by a diverse range of significant historical events that have shaped the world in profound ...

Agua fresca has been enjoyed in Mexico since the heyday of the Aztec empire. While it's gone through many changes, it's still ...

The Aztecs kept a "holy fire" continuously burning in the Fire Temple at Tenochtitlan, from which all other fires were lit. Once every 52 years, Aztec priests let the fire die out. The high priest ...

After two years of treacherous battles and wreaking mayhem on the Aztec Empire, thousands of men lost in the goose chase for fame and wealth under the nobel guise to spread Christianity and Spanish ...

Ball courts in Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital (in what ... At one time, during the Aztec Empire, the southern Gulf Coast of Mexico was the heartland of rubber production. But since then, the ...

These structures were part of Rome’s elaborate river transport system that connected the city to its Mediterranean empire ... undocumented Aztec settlement on what was once the shoreline of Lake ...

This article argues that the pochteca of the Aztec imperial era meets the historical definition ... Once the vanguard merchants returned to Tenochtitlan, they delivered the items straight to the ...

When Hernan Cortez and his men first laid eyes on the gleaming white pyramids of Tenochtitlan ... and the resilience of Aztec culture. Together with Professor Camilla Townsend, Suzannah debunks ...

The study doesn’t stop at Rome and China. It also compares these findings with other ancient civilizations, such as the Aztec Empire in 1492, which, according to the data, was even more extractive ...

A newly discovered altar buried near the center of the ancient Maya city of Tikal is providing fresh insight into the 1,600-year-old tensions between Tikal and the central Mexican capital of ...