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Long known for their cool circular calendars and practice of human sacrifice, Aztecs were also math whizzes. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...

Dear Readers: My columna a couple of weeks ago about whether Aztec savagery influences violence in Mexico today drew muchos responses, both bueno and malo. Here are two: It got me thinking, and what I ...

Modern-day Mexico was formed in 1521, when a 500-strong group of Spanish conquistadors, led by Hernan Cortes, alongside thousands upon thousands of indigenous Mexicans, seized control of the centre of ...

The lives of the Aztec common people were far richer and more complex than the official histories would have us believe In 1519, when Hernn Corts led his army into Tenochtitlán in the Valley of Mexico ...