In 1519 Hernan Cortés sailed from Cuba, landed in Mexico and made his way to the Aztec capital. Miguel Leon­Portilla, a Mexican anthropologist, gathered accounts by the Aztecs, some of which were ...

A Mexican delegation is coming to retrieve 84 Mesoamerican axes currently in transit at UdeM, underscoring the need to raise public awareness of the looting of archaeological artifacts. With its ...

All are believed to originate from Mexico and Central America ... particularly among the Aztec, so the connection between these artifacts and these civilizations is apt. "[I]t was a symbol ...

It wasn't until 1978 that the temple dedicated to the Aztec ... of Mexico City. Today, the area remains an active archeological site and the adjoining museum houses thousands of artifacts ...