The Aztecs has about 200 deities — and in this article, we're uncovering the 13 most important Aztec gods and goddesses you ...

The Aztecs believed they owed a 'blood-debt' to the gods. To 'pay' this debt, animals as well as humans would be sacrificed and there was ritual blood-letting, where people would cut themselves to ...

The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico from around 1300 to 1521. This community is of great interest to historians, due to their diverse background and culture ...

They painstakingly detailed the Aztecs’ beliefs in volumes of material written in Nahuatl, the Aztec language. The most important of these sources is the “ Florentine Codex,” written between ...

Mexican archaeologists say they have found an unprecedented human burial in which the skeleton of a young woman is surrounded by piles of 1,789 human bones in Mexico City's Templo Mayor.

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

They painstakingly detailed the Aztecs’ beliefs in volumes of material written in Nahuatl, the Aztec language. The most important of these sources is the “ Florentine Codex,” written between ...