"Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Aztec empire, curated by Felipe Solís, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, October 15, 2004-February 13, 2005"--T.p. verso. "This exhibition is ...

Spanish conquerors did not themselves bring inequality to the Aztec lands they invaded, they merely built on the socio-economic structure that was already in place, adapting it as it suited their ...

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 ...

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 ...

Eagle warriors of the Aztec Empire face off against Spanish conquistadors in a clash that shapes history - discover the brutal truth behind La Noche Triste’s bloody battles. In this gripping episode, ...

When Aztec emissaries arrived in 1520 to Tzintzuntzan, the capital of the Tarascan Kingdom in what is now the Mexican state of Michoacán, they carried a warning from the Aztec emperor, Cuauhtémoc.

Researchers analyzed 788 obsidian artifacts from Tenochtitlan, revealing that the Mexica (Aztec) Empire sourced this important material from at least eight different locations, including regions ...

Who were the Aztecs and how did they live? What happened to them and what did they leave behind? In this riveting program, viewers travel from present-day Mexico City to over 500 years into the past ...

Greenstone sculptures from Guerrero, thousands of marine shells, copal spheres and snake-shaped pendants were part of a ...