The Aztec Empire, begun around 1345, was formed from three great city states – the Triple Alliance - with the city of Tenochtitlán the capital. The Alliance was very keen on war, and conquered many of ...

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Archaeologists have discovered two iron ship anchors off Mexico's Gulf Coast that could have belonged to Spaniard Hernan Cortes' fleet, which landed in 1519 before overthrowing the Aztec empire. The ...

Salmonella infections could have been one of the contributing factors that resulted in a large number of deaths among the Aztecs that lived in Mexico before the Spaniards arrived. The die-off could ...

> 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 ...

Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) stated that two 500-year anchors were uncovered at the the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Associated Press. The two anchors were ...

A picture shows a 16th century anchor, that may represent ground tackle used during the scuttling of Hernan Cortes' fleet of 1519, recovered at the littoral of Veracruz state A picture shows a 16th ...