Remains of other children were also found on three sides of the altar. Lorena Paiz, the archaeologist who led the discovery, ...

In Aztec cosmology, López Luján knew ... a feat that would have depopulated much of central Mexico—that some groups today feel justified in dismissing sacrifice as a European fiction.

Between 1345 and 1521 C.E., the Aztec Empire flourished in what is now central and southern Mexico. The Aztecs were highly advanced in agriculture and trade, largely thanks to an elite group of ...

Discover the place that some people have called the Central Park of Mexico. This historic area promises days full of ...

Tikal, the main archaeological site of Guatemala, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the jungle department of Petén, ...

Central to Aztec obstetrics, the General History explains ... Aztec temples form the base of the Square of Three Cultures in Mexico City, a monument marking the Aztec, Spanish colonial, and ...

Listening to the sounds of buskers in the heart of Mexico City today ... the memory of the lost Aztec Empire, that powerful, highly structured state that dominated Central America in the fifteenth ...