Largest Aztec temple was decorated with over 100 starfish ... For Tenochtitlán, the nearest source of chocolate chip starfish would have been nearly 300 kilometers away from the Aztec capital.

The 3D reconstruction of Tenochtitlán, the capital of the Aztec Empire, and today, Mexico City. All images courtesy of Thomas Kole.

A trail leading from near St. Louis, Missouri to Natchitoches, Louisiana, teaches us about a race that ruled “the new world” ...

MEXICO CITY – At the edge of the most sacred site of the Aztec capital, Mexico City's Templo Mayor, researchers have found an 'unprecedented' human burial in which the skeleton of a young woman ...

Not everything ended on Aug. 13, 1521, when the last leader of the Aztec resistance, the Emperor Cuauhtemoc, was taken prisoner by the Spaniards. There is only a simple plaque marking the spot, in ...

They provided the Aztec capital and other major city-states with luxury items and exotic goods from faraway lands. They also kept tabs on their neighbors and communities in other lands.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Walking for hours through the gritty streets in the center of Mexico City, you can hear the daily urban soundtrack: Car engines, the call of the man who buys scrap metal and ...

Workers build a replica of the Aztec Templo Mayor, with an image of the Pre-columbian god Quetzalcoatl adorning the surrounding buildings, at Mexico City's main square the Zocalo, Monday. Mexico ...

The Aztec emperors who ruled much of the land that became Mexico were defeated by a Spanish-led force that seized the city on Aug. 13, 1521. Mexico City marks fall of Aztec capital 500 years ago ...