The Aztecs has about 200 deities — and in this article, we're uncovering the 13 most important Aztec gods and goddesses you need to know about.

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 ...

The cost of courage in Aztec Society -- 'Fierce and unnatural cruelty': Cortés and the conquest of Mexico -- Disciplining the Indians: Franciscan ideology and missionary violence in sixteenth-century ...

The Aztec calendar stone is one of the most recognisable artifacts from ancient Mexico, plastered on t-shirts, tourist tat, and basically anything marketed as “authentic Aztec culture.” Most people ...

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 ...

In the Florentine Codex, missionary Bernardino de Sahagún famously documented the existence of the ...

In the winter months of 1790, construction workers were busy repaving the Mexico City’s Plaza de Armas when their shovels struck upon a large, circular object buried in the ground. It was so heavy, ...

1. An Aztec Feast Day. The sights, sounds, and events in Tenochtitlan on Day Jaguar -- 2. The Aztecs. Their heritage and culture. Medicine men. Their calendar. The twenty-day month and the foods ...

Ollin is like a Greek myth wrapped in colorful Aztec garb. Packed with omens, an operatic opening, spoken-word poetry, dance and visual art, this interpretive retelling of the conquest of Mexico by ...