Tenochtitlán's 700th anniversary will be celebrated in July with a series of events at several of the modern capital’s ...

In January 2020, I found myself in Mexico City with a few days alone. And every afternoon, I discovered that you can barely walk a block in the mega-city without running into a museum.

An ancient ceremonial ball court and an Aztec temple dedicated to the wind god Ehécatl have been identified in what is now a modern section of Mexico City. The 118-foot-long (36 meters) temple ...

Who were the Aztec, really? It’s complicated. Before their defeat by the Spanish in 1521, ... Today the altar can be seen in the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.

MEXICO CITY, Sept 29 (Reuters) - A museum exhibit displaying Aztec ritual offerings dug up from underneath downtown Mexico City opened on Friday in a first-ever showcase that offers new insight ...

Of all the city's districts, the Centro Histórico is a captivating blend of the ancient and the modern, where Aztec ruins stand alongside colonial architecture, and contemporary rooftop bars ...

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.

The Museo Nacional de Antropología (MNA), Mexico’s most visited museum, was honoured on Wednesday (4 June) with the prestigious 2025 Princess of Asturias Award for Concord. However, the ...

A colossal Aztec snake head sculpture emerged from the ground in Mexico City during an earthquake in September 2022, officials said. The stone sculpture, which weighs 1.2 tons, was found in the ...