Aztec writing sometimes used different colours to refine a word's meaning: This page is from an early 16th century book about Aztec imperial taxation, the Matricula de Tributos, now in the National ...

LONDON — LONDON -- During a grim and rainy season, a virtual trip into a world of sun worshipers, animal gods and human sacrifice is pulling in crowds here and provoking horror and fascination. “The ...

Let's turn to a story from more than 500 years ago to the Spanish conquest of Mexico. For years, the story of European dominance has been largely accepted as historical truth. But a closer look at ...

From the distance of five centuries we often look back to the conquest of Mexico as an all-out defeat for Aztec civilization, a victory by scrappy Spanish conquistadors over the awed and unprepared ...

Mesoamerican civilizations and Aztec archaeology -- Evolution of Aztec civilization -- Geography of the Aztec world -- Society and government -- Warfare -- Religion, cosmology, and mythology -- ...