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

According to the Anales de Tlatelolco, the earth cracked open in central Mexico on February 19, 1575. The ancient codex, composed around the time the Aztec Empire fell to Spanish conquistadors ...

Aztec religiosity was deeply tied to natural ... compounding the agricultural crisis and leading to prolonged famine in the Basin of Mexico due to the concurrence of both phenomena.

T he Aztec Empire is among the most famous Mesoamerican societies that existed before the arrival of Europeans. Formed by three city-states in the valley of Mexico (Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan ...

The approximate number of speakers of the Aztec's Nahuatl language, most of whom live in central Mexico. English words of Nahuatl origin include avocado, chilli and chocolate – a food thought to ...