The Mexica New Year, which signals the start of the Aztec calendar, officially arrived March 12. But it's being celebrated this weekend in San Jose in what's billed as the largest event of its kind in ...

Every year on March 12, the Aztec New Year captivates cultural enthusiasts globally. This celebration has increasingly gained attention through the innovative R/Polandball calendar, a project launched ...

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 ...

Hygiene and ritual marked every moment of life for pregnant Aztec women. The tlamatlquiticitl—midwife—offered those in her charge a remarkable 16th-century birthing plan, combining practical ...