which then flowed into a carving of the mouth of the god Tlaltecuhtili. PHOTOGRAPH BY ALAMY/ACI Ahuitzotl, probably the greatest of all the Aztec rulers, came to power next. He expanded the empire ...

The ancient codex, composed around the time the Aztec Empire fell to Spanish conquistadors, features a story of a convulsion that lasted for up to five days, creating landslides and opening up a ...

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