When you think of the Aztec Empire, what do you picture? Human sacrifice? In today's episode, Anthony is joined by Aztec expert Dr. Caroline Dodds Pennock, to unpack why we fetishise the Aztecs in ...

Archaeologists working at the Templo Mayor site in Mexico City have recovered a ritual deposit containing stone figurines and ...

This episode focuses on the Aztec Eagle Warriors, the elite shock troops of the formidable Aztec Empire. Discover their ...

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 ...

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Mesoamerican cultures spanned the the areas of Mexico and Central America for centuries. These had distinctive food cultures ...

"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 ...

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 ...

An Aztec burial mask housed in the British Museum, crafted from a mosaic of precious stones, depicts a face with boils.

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 ...