Hidden for centuries beneath a modern-day university, this colorful artifact sheds light on the grandeur of the Aztec Empire. In September 2022, a magnitude-7.6 earthquake struck Mexico City ...

"Thanks to her, we now have rich information about the rural provinces that fell under the control of the great urban concentrations [of the Aztec empire]," says Leonardo López Luján, senior ...

Between 1345 and 1521 C.E., the Aztec Empire flourished in what is now central and southern Mexico. The Aztecs were highly advanced in agriculture and trade, largely thanks to an elite group of ...