War was not the only means by which the alliance ... Putting him in control of a local territory allowed the Aztec to accumulate more power. This system led to the creation of complex power ...

As the Aztec scholar Ross Hassig notes, each war "was formally initiated by burning a large pyre of paper and incense between the two armies." The Mexica did not speak of "holy wars," because for ...

From Hindu demon myths to Aztec end-times beliefs, solar eclipses have long been seen as signs of doom. This video explores ...

Archeologists have made a disturbing discovery of an Aztec tower of human skulls containing sacrificed women and children's heads ...

the Aztec goddess Coyolxauhqui, naked, dismembered and decapitated, after being slain by her brother, Huitzilopochtli, the god of sun and war. Archaeologists realized the carving must be part of ...