Video: The Aztec World — Elizabeth Brumfiel, professor of anthropology at Northwestern, provides an introduction to The Aztec World, a new exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago. Brumfiel served as ...

The cost of courage in Aztec Society -- 'Fierce and unnatural cruelty': Cortés and the conquest of Mexico -- Disciplining the Indians: Franciscan ideology and missionary violence in sixteenth-century ...

Kukulkan, the Vision Serpent, a deity of Maya mythology. Closely related to the Aztec Quetzalcoatl. Classic Maya vision as depicted at Yaxchilan, a divine serpent with human head and hand in mouth.

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When Spanish forces arrived in Mexico in 1519, the native population was estimated to be around 25 million. A century later, there were only around 1 million left, following several devastating ...

Over 500 years ago, a young woman was buried in the holiest temple of the ancient Aztec city Tenochtitlan. She was surely an elite member of her society, based on the location of her grave. But the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Spoiler alert: this touring show about the short-lived Aztec empire includes evidence of religious practices involving human sacrifice.

The ancient Aztecs sacrificed their leaders to the gods to avert famines and pandemics. False. Experts say there is no evidence of Aztecs killing rulers to avoid such disasters. While protesters ...