Who were the Aztec, really? It’s complicated. Before their defeat by the Spanish in 1521, the triple alliance ruled Mesoamerica through complex trade networks—and warfare.

In Tenochtitlan, fresh fruits and vegetables were hauled by canoe from floating gardens to a great market known as Tlatelolco. There were two-story houses with rooftop gardens, and busy markets.

Historic Native American trails tend to bind together, like a string of freshwater pearls, historic "persistent places" in the Americas. Many of these places were once inhabited by Native ...

Álvarez joined other speakers at a Monday news conference in Yakima co-hosted by MomsRising and OneAmerica at Centro Chinampa on Chestnut Avenue.

The curators of the Chinampa Veneta Collective highlight how this sustainable farming method, maintained by generations of chinampa families, could serve as a global model for ecological resilience.

Tenochtitlán's 700th anniversary will be celebrated in July with a series of events at several of the modern capital’s landmarks.

Mexico City is celebrating the 700th anniversary of its founding in 2025, dating back to when the great Tenochtitlan was a city surrounded by a vast lake and crisscrossed by canals, much like Venice.

We cherish this city. We will not tolerate them becoming collateral damage in a campaign of chaos.

The Chinampas of Mexico They are highly productive farm plots surrounded on at least three sides by canals. Created in an ancient drainage project, they were the economic foundation of the Aztec ...