The Aztec Empire flourished in the Valley of Mexico between A.D. 1325 and 1519 and was the last great civilization before the arrival of the Spanish in the early 16th century. When you purchase ...

A new analysis of hundreds of obsidian artifacts from the Aztec Empire has revealed the vast trade networks that supplied ...

This ancient canal system close to Mexico City earned the title "the Venice of Mexico" because of its beauty, culture, ...

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

Cassandra Garduno cuts Mexican marigold flowers known as cempasuchil ... family's chinampa — one of the islands first built up by the Aztecs with fertile mud from the bottom of a lake that ...