Unearthed in 1790, the Aztec Calendar Stone is one of the most impressive artifacts recovered from the advanced civilization that ruled central Mexico for centuries, but it’s not actually a calendar.

1. An Aztec Feast Day. The sights, sounds, and events in Tenochtitlan on Day Jaguar -- 2. The Aztecs. Their heritage and culture. Medicine men. Their calendar. The twenty-day month and the foods ...

An Aztec artifact known as the Bilimek sculpture offers insight into how ancient Mesoamerican cultures interpreted solar eclipses. The object, believed to be a ceremonial vessel used for drinking ...

Explore the history of the Aztecs, their incredible achievements in art, architecture, and warfare, as well as the factors that led to their decline. --- For more videos from Smithsonian Magazine: Di ...

Disguised Mexica merchants in Tzinacantlan acquiring quetzal feathers in Book 9. (all images courtesy of the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, and by permission of MiBACT) After centuries of ...

Sometime after Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in modern-day Mexico City in 1521, an indigenous household that survived the bloody Spanish invasion arranged an altar ...

I have arrived in Mexico City. It is the first stop on my current tour of Central and South America.■ A city where you can ...