Kariba is the largest man-made lake in the world by volume and lies 200 kilometers (125 miles) south of Lusaka on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The massive dam wall was built in the ...

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

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.

Present-day Mexico City bears little resemblance to the ancient water world of Tenochtitlan. The Aztecs built their capital of palaces and pyramids atop an island in a giant lake, using a complex ...

Chased off from one Basin of Mexico settlement after another, they at last happened upon an island in Lake Texcoco that no one else wanted and in 1325 proclaimed it Tenochtitlan. Little more than ...

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, ...

High in the Indian Himalayas, a remote lake nestled in a snowy valley is strewn with hundreds of human skeletons. Roopkund Lake is located 5,029 metres (16,500ft) above sea level at the bottom of ...

In addition, cleanliness, education and knowledge were an essential part of the citizens of Tenochtitlan. The city was located on an islet, which was in the middle of Lake Texcoco, located in the ...

When the Spaniards arrived in Mexico City-Tenochtitlan in 1519 ... snakes and insects such as ants and grasshoppers. Lake and marine products also had a place in the market, and it was possible ...

With all of the noteworthy landmarks and landscapes the U.S. has to offer, including its world-famous beaches, mountains and metropolises, the country's variety of lake destinations can sometimes ...

A survey of Lake Michigan located at least 40 large craters on the lakebed. Initial studies highlighted the spots as unknown shapes, but additional research revealed the craters are filled with ...

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 ...