The people of Aztlán were originally nomadic and had migrated to several locations before settling on the islands of Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico, which was controlled by the nearby city ...

From jaguars to shooting stars, these rare and meaningful Náhuatl names are steeped in centuries of culture, cosmic symbolism ...

Lake Texcoco and Valley of Mexico. Image via Openverse. The drought-induced receding of Lake Texcoco in Mexico has revealed numerous Aztec sacrificial offerings that were once submerged beneath its ...

The Uncomfortable Giant harvested from a lake in Peru, now sits in Mexico City, a sinking city built on top of Lake Texcoco. (Arturo Arrieta/Courtesy LIGA) The creature’s tail erupts from the ...

After the European settlers drained Lake Texcoco in the 1500s, Mexico City was built on the flat, old lake bottom. In 1985 and 2017, the city experienced significant damage from earthquakes that ...

Mexico celebrates the registration of Lake Texcoco as its first Ecohydrology Demonstration Site by UNESCO, a designation approved by the International Scientific Advisory Committee of the ...

The Aztecs came into being when three of the most powerful city-states around Lake Texcoco, Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan, united to control what is now central Mexico. The Aztec Empire was ...

Axolotls lived happily for a long time in Lake Texcoco, overlooked by the smouldering volcano, Popocatépetl. In around 1300 the Aztecs showed up, looking for a new home.

Mexico City architect Iñaki Echeverria, executive director of the park project, speaks about his plans for the project standing next to Lake Nabor Carrillo. Photo by Paul Biasco The project is ...

The two rulers created a unique, unrepeatable experience, which is recorded in the book’s 200 pages. Atahualpa and Moctezuma led starkly different lives. The former faced the Spanish conquest almost ...

According to archaeologists, this artificial waterway connected to Lake Texcoco and functioned as a sort of aquatic highway for small boats. María de Lourdes López Camacho, an INAH researcher and ...