From jaguars to shooting stars, these rare and meaningful Náhuatl names are steeped in centuries of culture, cosmic symbolism ...

Today, you can visit the temple to the Aztec God Quetzalcoatl in the basement of a Mexico City colonial building or visit the ...

Aztec Mythology and the Origins of Humanity. Season 1 Episode 10 | 10m 52s Video has Closed Captions | CC. If the word “Nahua” sounds unfamiliar to you, it’s probably because you’re more ...

Tenochtitlán was an Aztec city that flourished between A.D. 1325 and 1521. Built on an island on Lake Texcoco, it had a system of canals and causeways that supplied the hundreds of thousands of ...

History books say many indigenous Mexicans initially welcomed the white-skinned horsemen, thinking they were returning gods, but turned against them once they tried to take over the Aztec seat of ...

Finally, after 93 days of siege, the Aztecs, weakened by disease, hunger and having incurred significant losses following many pitched battles, surrendered, according to World History Encyclopedia.

Hygiene and ritual marked every moment of life for pregnant Aztec women. The tlamatlquiticitl—midwife—offered those in her charge a remarkable 16th-century birthing plan, combining practical ...

Start learning with these 10 facts about Aztec history. ... Aztecs followed their god, Huitzilopochtli, to a lake where they saw an eagle eating a snake while sitting on a cactus.

Dismembered bodies of 'fattened-up' Spanish conquistadors, women and toddlers were eaten by their cannibalistic Aztec captors, research reveals. The bodies of more than 450 people were found at ...