For nearly 100 years, the Aztec Theatre has welcomed generations of San Antonians through its doors. Here's how it has ...

Carved from wood more than five centuries ago, a small skull faced mask held today at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore ...

Last year, a 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit Mexico City, damaging buildings and disrupting the power supply. But it also did some unexpected archaeological work: Following the quake, researchers found a ...

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 ...

Archaeologists uncovered 118 skeletons at an Aztec-era burial site, including remains believed to belong to both Aztecs and the local Matlatzinca people. The discovery reveals how the Aztec Empire ...

This story appears in the November 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. On the edge of Mexico City's famed Zócalo plaza, next to the ruins of the Aztec sacred pyramid known as the Templo Mayor, ...

Before their defeat by the Spanish in 1521, the triple alliance ruled Mesoamerica through complex trade networks—and warfare. The Mexica priest Cuauhtlequetzqui points out the place where his people ...