The remains, mostly boys aged between two and seven years old, were placed inside a box of ashlars in a careful arrangement.

The mass execution of children was seen as not only a way to calm the rain god, but for a time it helped the community deal ...

To stamp out lingering indigenous beliefs, they demolished religious temples, burned indigenous idols and destroyed Aztec ...

"But the past gives the people a way of saying they're somebody." Unlike the Maya, Mesoamerica's other pre-Columbian powerhouse, the Aztec are exclusively identified with Mexico, and today it ...

A Mexican delegation is coming to retrieve 84 Mesoamerican axes currently in transit at UdeM, underscoring the need to raise ...

Storming the stage in impossible costumes and sifting Mexican history with her wicked wit, Astrid Hadad's cabaret shows are ...

Before Spanish colonization, Templo Mayor served as the religious center for the Aztec people. When Spanish conquistadors ... was unearthed in the heart of Mexico City. Today, the area remains ...

would one day become Mexico City. Food from these islands has fed people for hundreds of years, but the chinampas are under threat from urbanization. The produce grown here doesn't fetch much ...

What is the Day of the Dead? The Mexican holiday of Día de los Muertos is filled with unique symbols to honor departed loved ...

In Mexico City, parades will feature people in colorful customs with large skull masks while skull-shaped floats move through the streets to the rhythm of Aztec drums. Marigolds, skull-painted faces ...

The calendar says fall, but winter made an appearance Monday from Aztec to the Angel Fire Ski Resort in New Mexico.

According to colonial period records, the Aztec empire was formed in ... perhaps originating with the Toltec people of central Mexico. In any case, by the time the Spanish conquistadors invaded ...