Mesoamerican cultures spanned the the areas of Mexico and Central America for centuries. These had distinctive food cultures ...

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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 ...

The Aztecs built Tenochtitlan on a lakebed, a place so unstable that parts of modern Mexico City are still sinking by up to 1 meter a year. Yet 700 years ago, they created a capital of 200,000 people, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Using written symbols such as hearts, arrows and hands, the ancient Aztecs maintained an arithmetic system that was far more complex than previously understood, scientists said ...

This skull-shaped mask was made to be used in a ritual involving the Aztec god of death.

BACK THOUSANDS. YES THOUSANDS OF YEARS. TUCKED AWAY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO SITS A FOUNDATION FOR LTCUURES BOTH PAST AND PRESENT WE ARE AT AN ANCESTRAL PUEBLO ...

Cemanahuac : the land surrounded by water -- The world view of balance : the cosmic tree and the four quarters -- Mountains of water : Tenochtitlan and Aztec communities -- Education and the Aztec ...

For the Aztecs, Day of the Dead rituals helped people find balance in their personal lives and social ties. Eyepix/NurPhoto via Getty Images Growing up in the United States, I remember on Halloween my ...