In a sense, 1521 is Mexico's 1619. A foundational moment that for centuries has been shaped by just one perspective: a European one. The story of how Hernán Cortés and a few hundred Spaniards ...

TenochtitlÁn has been rebuilt, or at least a 3D version of it has, and the fascinating work has quickly gone viral. Digital artist Thomas Kole, originally from Amersfoort, Netherlands, has re-created ...

A dancer performs during the celebration for the 698th anniversary of the foundation of Tenochtitlan at Zocalo square in Mexico City, Mexico, July 26, 2023. (Photo by Francisco Canedo/Xinhua) A dancer ...

On March 14, 1519, Hernán Cortés and his troops arrived in the majestic city of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec empire whose superior architecture and urban planning made the Spaniards doubt ...

The tales of the cruel sacrifices to honor the god Huitzilopochtli have been told for centuries and it has become a popular image that identifies this warrior society Skulls found in the tzompantli – ...

WASHINGTON — At the time of Spanish conquest in 1521, the Aztec’s capital Tenochtitlán, now Mexico City, was already one of the largest, most populous cities in the world, managing complex problems of ...

A note on spelling and translations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Water and the sacred city -- Chapter 3: The Tlatoani in Tenochtitlan -- Chapter 4: The city in the conquest's wake -- ...

Modern-day Mexico was formed in 1521, when a 500-strong group of Spanish conquistadors, led by Hernan Cortes, alongside thousands upon thousands of indigenous Mexicans, seized control of the centre of ...

Approximately 500 years ago, Spanish forces laid siege to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons On May 22, 1521, Spanish forces and their Indigenous allies laid siege ...

On August 13, 1521, the capital city of Tenochtitlan fell after a two-month siege — a victory that marked the end of an empire. But five hundred years later, researchers are giving stories surrounding ...