As we mentioned, the capital city of Tenochtitlan -- the ruins of which lie beneath modern Mexico City, save for prominent pyramids and temples like the skull-composed Aztec Tower in Mexico City ...

Every empire follows the same blueprint: erase the sacred, rewrite the past, and build its rule over the ruins. That is what happened in Jerusalem. And that is what happened in Tenochtitlan, today ...

The canals of Xochimilco, where tourists can rent brightly colored boats for parties and excursions, are built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan. (Image credit: steve estvanik / Shutterstock.com) ...

500 years after Aztec rule, Mexico confronts a complicated anniversary Was the 1521 surrender of the great Indigenous empire to the Spanish crown a triumphant conquest, an existential tragedy—or ...

Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco Built in the 16th century by the Spanish on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the old Aztec capital, Mexico City is now one of the world's largest and most ...

A column in the ruins of the ancient city of Carthage, in Tunisia. Photo: Jesse Kraft/Alamy There is no modern world. Despite technology, human nature remains the same.

Built on the ruins of the ancient Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, Mexico City is one of the oldest and largest cities in the Americas. Colonial architecture, iconic artwork, spicy cuisine, and a rich ...

Mexico is building a towering replica of the Templo Mayor, the Aztec civilisation's most sacred site, in the downtown of Mexico City to mark 500 years since the Spanish conquest of the Aztec ...

When the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and his band of 300 men reached the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in late 1519, they found a civilization of staggering beauty that dwarfed any ...

After their conquest and destruction of Tenochtitlan, the Spanish subsequently drained the water to control flooding. The museum adjoining the ruins helps one imagine how the site must have ...