Some will shock you, while others will delight you. The Aztec Empire was full of interesting daily tidbits that we never learned about in school.

A clear example of these is the Moctezuma metro station, who was the tlatoani or ruler of Tenochtitlan at the time when the Spaniards arrived in the capital of the Mexican empire, commanded by ...

Spanish forces and their Indigenous allies captured Tenochtitlán in 1521, bringing the Aztec Empire’s reign to a close after less than a century. The White House, whose cornerstone was laid in 1792, ...

Before Hernán Cortes' arrival in Tenochtitlan, the city was the capital of the Mexica empire, which was ruled by the tlatoani Moctezuma Xocoyotzin, or Moctezuma II. The city was splendid and had ...

November is Native American Heritage Month – a perfect time to honor Indigenous traditions, cultures, and histories. At UVA Library, we’re highlighting work created by and about Native Americans.

Seeing La Llorona up close means death will shortly follow - but who was the wailing woman who now haunts Xochimilco?

“A species can’t be a species without its habitat,” Zambrano said. Present-day Mexico City bears little resemblance to the ancient water world of Tenochtitlan. The Aztecs built their capital of ...

Although it has been argued that other ancient wonders of comparable regard—such as the Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu in Peru, and the Aztec Temple in Tenochtitlan in Mexico—should have ...

Known as the Huey Tzompantli, the skull rack stood on the corner of the chapel of Huitzilopochtli, the patron of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan. The Aztecs were a group of Nahuatl-speaking peoples ...

The Templo Mayor archaeological zone, a sacred site in the heart of Mexico City, has fully reopened to the public following ...

By the 1800s, the Day of the Dead markets in Mexico City were also selling clothing, shoes, furniture, tools, home decor, and ...

As the historic Eduardo Matos Moctezuma Lecture Series came to a close in early October, hundreds of students, faculty, and friends gathered to honor Eduardo Matos Moctezuma and his contributions to ...