Mexico-Tenochtitlan was situated where Mexico City stands today. Historic buildings in the capital were lit up, while ...

A trail leading from near St. Louis, Missouri to Natchitoches, Louisiana, teaches us about a race that ruled “the new world” long before people from “the old world” arrived.

The Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan had a large bone rack, called a tzompantli, that stored thousands of human skulls. Advertisement. Advertisement. Advertisement. Advertisement.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Walking for hours through the gritty streets in the center of Mexico City, you can hear the daily urban soundtrack: Car engines, the call of the man who buys scrap metal and ...

Aztec introductions. To the Aztec, 1519 was a year that began with their empire as the uncontested power in the region. Its capital city, Tenochtitlan, ruled 400 to 500 small states with a total ...

The patron of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, Huitzilopochtli was also the god of war and of human sacrifice. ... many women took up arms and defended the city. ...

San Andrés Tetepilco, one of the original 15 settlements of present-day Iztapalapa, was situated on the southeast side of Mexico City—formerly Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital.

Archaeologists have discovered what they think are ruins of an Aztec pyramid razed by vengeful Spanish conquerors in what is now one of Mexico City's most crime-ridden districts.