Discover the powerful gods of Aztec mythology! From the mighty Huitzilopochtli to the enigmatic Tezcatlipoca, this video ...

Colorful chronicles. The name Aztec was first coined by an outsider—the Aztec called themselves the Mexica (also Culhua-Mexica). In the early 1800s, German scientist and explorer Alexander von ...

The newcomers from another world, whom we thought were gods, turned out to be just a greedy men. Their blasphemous invasion ...

From jaguars to shooting stars, these rare and meaningful Náhuatl names are steeped in centuries of culture, cosmic symbolism, and divine energy.

Unburying the Aztec. The excavation of a sacred pyramid is turning up clues to the empire’s bloody rituals—but so far, no sign of its most feared emperor.

All the Aztec instruments of definite pitch were tuned to the five-note sea shell’s scale. As early Spanish chroniclers noted, the Aztecs played and sang ballads, war songs, dance rituals.

Archaeologists analyze ruins in the heart of Mexico City. In 1978, utilities workers digging in Mexico City unearthed a colossal stone relief, depicting an unmistakable figure: the Aztec goddess ...