The Aztec Empire was one of the most dominant forces the world had ever seen, but it would fall from grace in a span of two ...

The placement of every excavated object appeared to be governed by an exquisite logic, re-creating the Aztec Empire's entire cosmology. It was at the very bottom of the second offering box that ...

A day earlier, Aztec Emperor Moctezuma was killed, or possibly assassinated, according to the native informants of one Spanish chronicler, which promoted a frenzied battle that forced Cortes ...

Historians believe that Emperor Moctezuma, who ruled from 1502 to 1520, probably gave the plume to Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes who took it to Europe. Lopez Obrador's plea came on the ...

Between 1345 and 1521 C.E., the Aztec Empire flourished in what is now central and southern Mexico. The Aztecs were highly advanced in agriculture and trade, largely thanks to an elite group of ...