When Cortés and his conquistadors overran the Aztec empire in 1520, they found “a society unlike any they had encountered hitherto,” said Emily Sharpe in The Art Newspaper. The natives of the region ...

A pre-Columbian wall painting discovered in a convent in Tepotzlán could shed light on the relationship between Mexico’s Indigenous inhabitants and the Catholic church, which sought to control ...

Central to Aztec creation myth and Mayan mythology, he co-created the earth and resurrected human life by molding bones with his own blood. His influence permeated education, art, and civic ideals ...

The Aztecs has about 200 deities — and in this article, we're uncovering the 13 most important Aztec gods and goddesses you need to know about.