Five centuries later, the pattern that destroyed Tenochtitlan shows up anywhere power rests on coercion over cooperation. Fear keeps subjects in line, until you need allies. The Aztec Empire spent a ...

The story of the fall of the Aztec empire is a compelling human drama that has all to often been oversimplified into a story of perceived technological or cultural advantage. For centuries, Western ...

When Aztec emissaries arrived in 1520 to Tzintzuntzan, the capital of the Tarascan Kingdom in what is now the Mexican state of Michoacán, they carried a warning from the Aztec emperor, Cuauhtémoc.

The Aztecs, one of the most intriguing and sophisticated civilizations to have ever existed, left an indelible mark on Mexico’s cultural and historical landscape. Before their dramatic fall to Spanish ...

In the heart of the Valley of Mexico, the Mexica people constructed an empire governed by a profound and often misunderstood ...

Predating the Aztec Empire, Merton College Library in Oxford has been used by everyone from celebrated 14th-Century ...

The decision to retain the Aztec warrior as a symbol for San Diego State University is probably the right one. While in general it’s not a good idea to use human beings as mascots, the Aztec warrior ...

Salmonella infections could have been one of the contributing factors that resulted in a large number of deaths among the Aztecs that lived in Mexico before the Spaniards arrived. The die-off could ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an Aztec palace and a conquistador’s house in the heart of Mexico City. Numerous basalt slabs from the palace were found beneath Nacional Monte de Piedad, ...

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This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. ‘The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire’ is a show of modest size but ...