History buffs can learn forgotten secrets of Aztec society in the new two-hour special Lost Pyramids of the Aztecs, premiering tonight, June 28, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Science Channel. You can also stream ...

> To honor the spring god Xipe, Aztec priests flayed human beings and clad themselves in the tattered hides. This symbolized the new vegetation in which the earth clothes itself. > To honor the fire ...

A story about the ancient civilization in the region of Mexico, set to face South Korea in the second match of the 2018 Russia World Cup qualifiers on the 23rd, graced the cover of the journal ...

Archaeologists have made a grisly discovery in Mexico City that could lead to the first-ever Aztec royal tomb, according to Reuters. Experts found an array of sacrificial remains during an excavation ...

700 years ago, the Aztecs dominated Mexico and emerged as one of the most powerful civilizations the world has ever seen. More than just ingenious engineers and ruthless warriors, the Aztecs developed ...

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 ...

MEXICO CITY – Mexican archaeologists say they have found an unprecedented human burial in which the skeleton of a young woman is surrounded by piles of 1,789 human bones in Mexico City's Templo Mayor.

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