This video uses Google Earth to trace the fall of the Aztec Empire in the early 16th century. By following the landscapes of ...

The story of the fall of the Aztec empire is a compelling human drama that has all to often been oversimplified into a story of perceived technological or cultural advantage. For centuries, Western ...

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"Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Aztec empire, curated by Felipe Solís, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, October 15, 2004-February 13, 2005"--T.p. verso. "This exhibition is ...

Insights into the Aztec Epidemics of the 16th Century The 16th century marked a tragic period for the Aztec civilization, as ...

New findings from an international team of archaeological researchers highlight the complexity of geopolitics in Aztec era Mesoamerica and illustrate how the relationships among ancient states ...

When Aztec emissaries arrived in 1520 to Tzintzuntzan, the capital of the Tarascan Kingdom in what is now the Mexican state of Michoacán, they carried a warning from the Aztec emperor, Cuauhtémoc.

Aztec writing sometimes used different colours to refine a word's meaning: This page is from an early 16th century book about Aztec imperial taxation, the Matricula de Tributos, now in the National ...

Archaeologists have discovered 119 more human skulls in new sections of an Aztec tower dating back to the 1400s in Mexico. The tower has been split into three construction phases, which are thought to ...