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The Spanish colonization of Mexico began with Hernán Cortés's expedition in 1519 and led to the dramatic fall of the powerful ...
The Aztecs has about 200 deities — and in this article, we're uncovering the 13 most important Aztec gods and goddesses you ...
Sheinbaum addressed new U.S. tariffs on Canada, shared plans for a National AI Laboratory and reflected on the role of La ...
Why was there no Middle Ages in Mexico? It turns out the answer is a really simple one, as our expert historian explains.
Featured artefacts from The British Museum’s world-famous collection include the double-headed serpent of the Aztecs, the Meroe Head of Augustus, a mummified crocodile from Ancient Egypt and a newly ...
Giving free rein to the imagination, Erigue recreates the moment when Moctezuma receives the visit of a small delegation commanded by the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés in Tenochtitlan, ...
Just when Mexico celebrates the foundation of Tenochtitlan, capital of the Mexican empire located in present-day Mexico City, another new scandal shakes the world of antiquities. The discovery of up ...
Aztec victory, Spanish defeat revisited on 500th anniversary of "La Noche Triste" of June 30, 1520.
The phrase “burning your ships” dates from 1519, when in 1518, Hernan Cortes, a Spanish Conquistador, was to command his own expedition to Mexico. But Diego Velazquez, his superior commander ...
A new analysis of a skeleton buried under Hernán Cortés' palace in Mexico reveals that it doesn't belong to a monk, as was long thought.
ABDELFATAH: Tenochtitlan crumbles. Cortes and his fellow soldiers are victorious, and a new, better world is born. At least that's been the official narrative.