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 ...

At its core, Aztec sacrifice was the act of offering gifts to the gods in the form of blood. As such, its performance was intrinsically rooted in Aztec religion. The Mexica believed that humans had to ...

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 ...

Giant sculpture of Aztec god makes a big statement about Mexican identity. Tlaloc Fountain, featuring work by muralist Diego Rivera, captures the role of art in Mexican history and culture.

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 ...

The bones likely belong to people sacrificed during the reign of Ahuízotl, eighth king of the Aztecs. Courtesy of INAH. Archaeologists excavating a famed Aztec “tower of skulls” in Mexico ...