Cortes' journey to the Americas in search of gold ends in defeat for the Aztecs.

The Aztecs were highly advanced and civilized, except for that child-sacrificing thing. How will we be judged centuries from ...

The Aztec deity Xolotl was seen as the twin brother of Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god linked with life and light. In many ways, Xolotl was Quetzalcoatl’s opposite. He was associated with ...

The manuscript, titled “A Sequence of Sermons for Sundays and Saints’ Days” and written by Sahagún between 1540 and 1563.

Happy birthday, New Mexico! Today, the Land of Enchantment is celebrating its 113th anniversary of statehood. With a rich ...

Fact checked by Sarah Scott There’s no doubting the importance of a strong name in Mexican culture. Mexican names are a ...

The Sonic Adventure series marked the 3D debut of Sega's platforming mascot, and to celebrate the hedgehog's arrival on the ...

That quaint old fashioned idea went out of the window long ago. The demise of the university as a place of learning and of a free exchange of ideas has been greatly accelerated by the Wokist ...

But not all bagels are created equally. After the Bronx’s Empire Bagels subtly came up in various bagel-centered conversations, I needed to go see what made these bready delights so memorable to ...

This fall, Nichols got out Sahagún’s sermons ... about a decade after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire led by conquistador Hernán Cortés. Sahagún believed that better understanding ...

As a Mesoamerican archaeologist, his research interests include the anthropology of death, the rise of complex societies in Mesoamerica ... We will trace the origins and development of Aztec ...

It is always one of those uncomfortable confluences that arise: the arrival of the holiday season with the impending end of a terrible football season. Ho, ho, ho, and woe, woe, woe. The Giants ...