Modern-day Mexico was formed in 1521, when a 500-strong group of Spanish conquistadors, led by Hernan Cortes, alongside thousands upon thousands of indigenous Mexicans, seized control of the centre of ...

This year marks the 700th anniversary of the founding of Mexico-Tenochtitlan. The city's government prepared an extensive program of celebrations to honor these seven centuries. This year marks the ...

In 2023, Dutch software developer Thomas Kole unveiled a "3D reconstruction of the Mexica capital," Mexico-Tenochtitlán -- the most detailed image of the ancient city produced in the last five ...

The unique feature of Huei Tzompantli is that the skulls are not attached, but rather form the building's structural system. Credit: Melitón Tapia / INAH Exactly ten years ago, the Urban Archaeology ...

The Aztec Empire was formed after the three ruling cities around the Valley of Mexico – comprising of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopa – joined forces in 1428. Tenochtitlan would quickly become the ...

The Aztecs are believed to have cremated the remains of their leaders during their 1325-1521 rule, but the final resting place of the cremains has never been found. Outside experts said yesterday the ...

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO—Scholars have long assumed that the people the Aztecs sacrificed at the Great Temple of Tenochtitlán were prisoners of war who were killed soon after being captured. But EFE ...

Leonardo López Luján, the director of the Templo Mayor Project at Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History, presented the most significant findings from his team over the past 48 years ...

In the spring of 2018, I took my family on a trip to Teotihuacan, the great metropolis of ancient Mexico that flourished roughly at the time of imperial Rome. My archaeologist friends unanimously ...