Hernán Cortés, having overthrown Aztec Mexico, seized a cache of gold ... The volume of all the gold in the Inca Empire would have been almost 14 times greater than all the gold then in Europe ...

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Tenochtitlan, a metropolis built in the middle of a lake, with floating islands supported by piles. The date: November 1519. Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and his men must have been astonished.

Archaeologists found that while the Mexica primarily used green obsidian, obsidian also came from at least seven other locations.

The discovery also sheds light on how the Aztec society evolved — introducing more standardized religion and control before the empire fell in 1520 — by showing how obsidian use changed over time.

The Aztec Empire may have ended centuries ago, but its presence is far from gone. It lingers in temple ruins, place names, and bits of language and folklore. Walk through Mexico City nowadays, and you ...

The discovery also sheds light on how the Aztec society evolved — introducing more standardized religion and control before the empire fell in 1521 — by showing how obsidian use changed over time.

Researchers analyzed 788 obsidian artifacts from Tenochtitlan, revealing that the Mexica (Aztec) Empire sourced this important material from at least eight different locations, including regions ...

Smallpox and measles and other foreign diseases killed among the people in the native tribes, leading to the fall of the Inca and Aztec empires. About 90% of the native population of the Americas ...