In the Florentine Codex, missionary Bernardino de Sahagún famously documented the existence of the ...

The Aztec Empire once hosted an expansive trade network that brought volcanic glass to its capital from right across Mesoamerica, coast to coast. The largest compositional study of obsidian artifacts ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEXICO CITY (AP) — Walking for hours through ...

Aztec duck-head pendants recovered from Tenochtitlán were made using volcanic glass called obsidian. - Mirsa Islas/Courtesy Proyecto Templo Mayor, INAH Hundreds of obsidian artifacts have revealed ...

Celebrity historian Raffi Andonian reveals how the fall of the Aztec capital reshaped the Americas and paved the way for Spanish Texas.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NATCHITOCHES, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A trail ...

Brain scans of modern listeners suggest that Aztec whistles sound like human screams, which may have prepared sacrifice victims for their journey to the underworld. When you purchase through links on ...

The Aztec emperors who ruled much of the land that became Mexico were defeated by a Spanish-led force that seized the city on Aug. 13, 1521. Despite all that was lost in the event 500 years ago - an ...