He brought along other colonists, soldiers, enslaved people, and Aztec Indians on his quest to take ... new phenomenon in North America, it’s an ancient practice overall. According to Live ...

By the time the Aztec civilization was at its height, and the Spaniards arrived in Mexico, the Indians were playing ... A collection of ancient instruments in the Mexican National Museum, and ...

New World” and “Old World” are concepts still widely used to refer to the Western and Eastern Hemispheres, respectively, ...

You don't have to travel far to see some of the world's most stunning natural wonders. From shimmering turquoise lakes to ...

The myth of Rock Lake’s ancient civilization refuses to fade ... after suffering a long and terrible drought, Aztec Indians appealed to their gods for help by building and using sacrificial pyramids,” ...

Researchers analyzed 788 obsidian artifacts from Tenochtitlan, revealing that the Mexica (Aztec) Empire sourced ... pre-Columbian times -- moved across ancient Mesoamerica and shaped life in ...

(Related: "Aztec Math Decoded, Reveals Woes of Ancient Tax Time.") "Their science, engineering, and development skills would have led them to try different combinations" of substances when making ...

The study sheds new light on the economic networks, rituals and political influence of the Mexica (Aztec) Empire ... sciences can be leveraged to study ancient objects and what they can tell ...

Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient hunter-gatherers who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America about 6,000 years ago. Researchers are still charting how ...

An earthquake in Croatia led to a chain of events that helped archaeologists recently discover an ancient Roman theater, officials say. Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and Media announced the find ...

Archeologists find 164 peculiar sea creatures in ancient Aztec sacrificial altar Using portable X-ray fluorescence, a nondestructive way to identify geochemical fingerprints, the researchers ...