Tikal developed from a small “watering hole” into one of the biggest and most powerful Maya cities of Mesoamerica.

A new analysis of hundreds of obsidian artifacts from the Aztec Empire has revealed the vast trade networks that supplied ...

The Aztec Empire may have ended centuries ago, but its presence is far from gone. It lingers in temple ruins, place names, ...

Archaeologists from Tulane University and the Templo Mayor Project of Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History ...

Built between the 1st and 7th centuries A.D., it is characterized by the vast size of its monuments – in particular, the Temple of Quetzalcoatl ... the city towards 650 A.D., the ruins were imbued ...

Mexican pyramids are a key feature of ancient Mesoamerican architecture. While they share some similarities with Egyptian pyramids, these structures have flat tops, often with temples built on them, ...

A large model of the main Aztec temple, the Templo Mayor, rises in Mexico City's central square ahead of the 500th anniversary of the fall of Tenochtitlan. The ruins of the ancient Templo Mayor ...

I asked which temple, and he said ... destroyed our stuff and built their stuff on top.” A skull in the Aztec ruins beneath the Cathedral in Mexico City. (Credit: Mike Gonzalez) I peered ...

Ancient ruins, dazzling beaches, magic towns ... is the largest cathedral in the Americas and oldest in Latin America. Stones from an ancient Aztec temple were used in its construction which took ...

This would become known as the massacre in the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan ... was captured after he tried to flee in a canoe. The city was in ruins, and by August 13, 1521, the Aztec Empire was gone ...

Mexico’s Maya and Aztec pyramids deserve a spot high on your travel list ... The above map of Mexican pyramids shows several impressive ruins located along the country’s eastern coast. Others are ...

During the festival of Toxcatl, the people of Tenochtitlán honored the god Tezcatlipoca, and Aztec noblemen and warriors celebrated in the Great Temple. Spanish soldiers ... in modern times at the ...