While the Spanish conquistadors sought gold, the Aztecs were obsessed with a much deeper mystery: the grueling, nine-level odyssey of the soul. Known as Mictlan, this wasn't just a destination—it was ...

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 ...

From the distance of five centuries we often look back to the conquest of Mexico as an all-out defeat for Aztec civilization, a victory by scrappy Spanish conquistadors over the awed and unprepared ...

Eagle warriors of the Aztec Empire face off against Spanish conquistadors in a clash that shapes history - discover the brutal truth behind La Noche Triste’s bloody battles. In this gripping episode, ...

The woman long blamed for her role in the fall of the Aztec empire in 1521 is getting a modern makeover. The Spanish called her Marina, pre-Hispanic peoples knew her as Malintzin and later she was ...

Archaeologists have discovered in Mexico the remains of a boat more than 400 years old that may have sailed on a now-vanished lake following the fall of the Aztec Empire. Researchers uncovered seven ...

Aztec duck-head pendants recovered from Tenochtitlán were made using volcanic glass called obsidian. - Mirsa Islas/Courtesy Proyecto Templo Mayor, INAH Hundreds of obsidian artifacts have revealed ...

Dead Funny History: The Aztecs. Join historian Greg Jenner for a funny and fascinating family adventure into the world of the Aztecs, an extraordinary civilisation of gods, gold, chocolate and… the ...