The Aztecs ruled over a large area of Mexico during the 15th and 16th centuries. Their capital was at Tenochtitlán, in what ...

Five hundred years have passed since the death of Cuauhtémoc, the last ruler of the Aztec Empire. To commemorate this ...

Much of what is known of Aztec society comes from a book written by Bernardino de Sahagún, a Spanish friar living near what is now Mexico City. During the second part of the 16th century ...

is one of several turquoise objects that the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés likely took from the Aztec Empire as treasure in the early 16th century. The mask was carved out of Spanish cedar ...

In the process, they interacted with groups like the Aztecs, often in battle. According to records written by the Spanish, the Aztecs attacked Guiengola in 1497, but the Zapotecs held them off.

In the course of the Spanish Conquest, Aztec culture was almost completely obliterated. So how much do we, can we, actually know about the Aztecs that these buskers are honouring? Virtually all ...

In the film, Malinche, regarded as a pivotal figure in Spain’s conquest, so a traitor to Mexico, is seen in a new light as a woman battling to maintain peace between the Aztec and Spanish empires.

Before Spanish colonization, Templo Mayor served as the religious center for the Aztec people. When Spanish conquistadors arrived in the early 16th century, the temple was among many structures ...