Builders finished the West Ruin between 1100-1130. This huge U-shaped building is originally stood three stories tall with ...

Named after a Mallorcan port town known for exporting stone, Portopetro tiles by Spanish brand Azteca aim to capture the ...

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

The Aztec Empire may have ended centuries ago, but its presence is far from gone. It lingers in temple ruins, place names, and bits of language and folklore. Walk through Mexico City nowadays, and you ...

The study sheds new light on the economic networks, rituals and political influence of the Mexica (Aztec) Empire ... jewelry and inlays for sculptures. A smaller but significant portion of ...

Researchers analyzed 788 obsidian artifacts from Tenochtitlan, revealing that the Mexica (Aztec) Empire sourced ... jewelry and inlays for sculptures. A smaller but significant portion of the ...

Scholars found that it was carved during the short reign of Tizoc, the seventh Aztec tlatoani (1481-86). On the top, arrows point to the cardinal directions of the compass around a representation ...

That includes ancient Egypt, as well as ancient Greek, Vedic, Maya, Inca, and Aztec cultures. The Urarina people who live in the Peruvian Amazon Basin still use a psychoactive brew called ayahuasca in ...

If Canada allows inequality to rise unchecked, it risks ending up where hundreds or ancient societies have: plagued by widespread unrest, violence and even complete collapse.

Mexico’s Maya and Aztec pyramids deserve a spot high on your travel list ... as well as several famous tombs and stone carvings. Monte Albán is only five miles from the city center of Oaxaca, about 20 ...

A team of scientists from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, has created 3D reconstructions of several Aztec skull whistles ... The oldest city in Italy is carved directly into the rock ...