It was the third flat Aztec monolith to be discovered by accident in the vicinity of the Templo Mayor, along with a 24-ton black basalt Sun Stone (excavated in 1790) and an 8-ton Disk of ...

This is a stone carving of Tlazolteotl, an Aztec figure shown giving birth ... The Tzitzimitl—astral deities visible when the sun was in eclipse—were often benign figures, but when the ...

New research uncovers how obsidian artifacts reveal the vast trade networks of the Aztec Empire during Tenochtitlan’s early ...

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