For centuries, farmers in southern Mexico City have cultivated "chinampas", agricultural islands first developed in pre-Hispanic times and still in use today. But water contamination is an increasing ...

When faced with the seemingly impossible task of feeding a huge population in the ancient city of Tenochtitlan, the Aztecs came up with an ingenious solution about 1,000 years ago. Located in the ...

JASMIN Ordonez gazes out from a wooden boat as it glides through a narrow canal linking the chinampas – floating island farms first built by the Aztecs thousands of years ago. “Let’s close our eyes ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Though the new animated feature “Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires” bears the name of one of the most emblematic ...

Jasmín Ordóñez, left, and Cassandra Garduño, right, cross an improvised bridge in Garduño's chinampa, an island farm built by the Aztecs thousands of years ago, in San Gregorio Atlapulco, a borough of ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Jasmín Ordóñez looks out from a wooden boat at the water as she crosses a narrow channel that connects a labyrinth of chinampas, island farms that were built by the Aztecs thousands ...