The Aztec Empire flourished in the Valley of Mexico ... He was also worshipped by the Maya of the Yucatán, who knew him as Kukulcan (also spelled Kukulkan). Tezcatlipoca, which means "smoking ...

The Aztec Empire may have ended centuries ago, but its presence is far from gone. It lingers in temple ruins, place names, ...

(Rare Aztec map reveals a glimpse of ... He expanded the empire’s borders as far as present-day Guatemala, coming into contact with Maya lands. When Ahuitzotl died in 1502, Moctezuma II became ...

The findings, announced Thursday, are already reshaping long-held views about the size and scope of the Maya civilization ... and another gruesome Aztec mystery Thomas Garrison, an archaeologist ...

such as the Aztecs and Olmecs, throughout their long history. The Maya never formed a traditional empire like the Incas or Aztecs, or at least not a long-lasting one. Rather, they formed a network ...

The story of how Hernán Cortés and a few hundred Spaniards conquered the mighty Aztec Empire, in the heart of what's now modern Mexico City, has become a foundational myth of European dominance ...

Credit: AP Photo/David Zalubowski Many scholars regard the Olmec as the “mother culture” of ancient Mesoamerica, a civilization where particular types of monumental architecture, sculpture and gods ...

In 1521, Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés completed the invasion of Mexico’s most powerful empire. His glorified tale starts ... a Nahua woman that could speak the Aztec language as well as some ...

Each wing is dedicated to a separate civilization in Mesoamerican culture—one for the Toltecs, another for Teotihuacan. But the largest spaces are reserved for the Aztecs and Maya. And in the ...

which was taken as sign that the Aztec Empire's days were numbered. The building would have stood out because of its round shape among the several dozen other square temples that dominated the ...