May 16 has been a date marked by significant events throughout history, spanning continents and centuries, each contributing ...

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

Tenochtitlan, a metropolis built in the middle of a lake, with floating islands supported by piles. The date: November 1519.

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 ...

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

A New History of the New World, by Greg Grandin By John Perry “An American team will win the next soccer World Cup,” a ...

So long, pizza war? NY icons Juliana’s & Patsy’s pizzerias hit S. Florida, bringing shared history & coal-fired pies In an act of serendipity, the successors of both spots, Patsy’s Pizzeria ...

From barbarian invaders to devout Christian missionaries, the Anglo-Saxons brought four hundred years of religious evolution and shifting political power to the British Isles. English owes much to ...

The study sheds new light on the economic networks, rituals and political influence of the Mexica (Aztec) Empire. Published this week in Proceedings ... a sophisticated economy that relied not only on ...

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