MEXICO CITY – A trove of Aztec sacrifices, including a richly adorned jaguar dressed as a warrior and recently discovered in downtown Mexico City, could lead archaeologists to the most tantal… ...

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The Aztecs believed their gods sacrificed their lives to create the universe. In return, humanity owed blood to nourish the gods so the sun and moon could continue on their daily rounds.

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 ...

As Barrera explains, the Aztecs had deep, complex rituals around death. Aztecs believed their gods needed nourishment to survive and made them offerings of people and animals.

Archaeologists have discovered a bounty of offerings left for an Aztec emperor buried at the Templo Mayor in Mexico City. They believe the royal's cremated remains could still lie beneath.

Archaeologists in Mexico City made a striking discovery last year: a 500-year-old altar from the Aztec civilization, decorated with shells and 164 starfishes. The artifact, which dates to around ...

Between 1991-2000, the Aztecs twice failed to win a game in conference play, and had overall records of 5-23, 4-22, and 2-26. Getting a ticket was about as difficult as finding a pasta joint in Rome.

The messy history of the Spanish and Aztecs is still strikingly visible in the center of Mexico City. Right next to the imposing Metropolitan Cathedral (a centuries-long expansion of the first Spanish ...