The Aztecs were the last of many complex civilizations that rose and fell in Mesoamerica before Europeans arrived there in the fifteenth century. The early recorded history of the Aztecs is a mixture of real events and mythological accounts, making it...

Nahuatl language Aztec calendar Aztec religion Aztec mythology Human sacrifice in Aztec...

Archaeologists diving into a lake in the crater of a snowcapped volcano found wooden scepters shaped like lightning bolts that match 500-year-old descriptions by Spanish priests and conquerors writing about offerings to the Aztec rain god.The lightning bolts _ along with cones of copal incense...

The Cincinnati Bearcats more than lived up to their first national ranking in 31 years.Ben Mauk threw four touchdown passes in the second quarter and the No. 24 Bearcats scored on six of their first seven possessions to rout San Diego State 52-17 on Saturday...

He was emperor at the apogee of the Aztec civilization, the last to complete his rule before the Spanish Conquest. But Ahuizotl's tomb has never been found. No Aztec ruler's funeral chamber ever has. But Mexican archaeologists believe that has finally changed.Using ground-penetrating radar, they...

Tony Gwynn was at a baseball dinner in New York last weekend when someone asked if he was still coaching at San Diego State.Ouch.Of course he's still coaching at his alma mater, replied Gwynn. So why, he was asked, doesn't anyone ever see the Aztecs...

Deals with the conquest of Mexico

This essay shows the importance of the Aztec Indians.

Imperialistic structures of the Aztecs and Incas with emphasis on the ways in which religion affected the structures.