The Aztecs, one of the most intriguing and sophisticated civilizations to have ever existed, left an indelible mark on Mexico’s cultural and historical landscape. Before their dramatic fall to Spanish ...

The Aztecs has about 200 deities — and in this article, we're uncovering the 13 most important Aztec gods and goddesses you need to know about.

In a sense, 1521 is Mexico's 1619. A foundational moment that for centuries has been shaped by just one perspective: a European one. The story of how Hernán Cortés and a few hundred Spaniards ...

Video: The Aztec World — Elizabeth Brumfiel, professor of anthropology at Northwestern, provides an introduction to The Aztec World, a new exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago. Brumfiel served as ...

NEW YORK — A 5-foot tall clay figure of Mictlantecuhtli, the Aztec god of the underworld, stands in a darkened corridor of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, flaunting the form of a disintegrating ...

While Civilization has featured a rotating cast of famous leaders for nations like America and China over its history, one constant for the franchise has been Montezuma at the head of the Aztec empire ...