KETCHUM — The art and architecture of the Aztecs will be the focus of a two-part history lecture in Ketchum. “The Aztecs, Conquest and Early Colonial Art of Mexico” will start at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 14 ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) – A 16th century document considered one of the most important primary sources on the Aztecs of pre-Columbian Mexico went digital Thursday with a new app that aims to spur research ...

The Aztec world didn’t disappear into legend. It left records on screenfold books made from bark paper and animal hide. Reading them today matters because they are the Aztecs’ own self-portrait, ...

KETCHUM — The Sun Valley Center for the Arts is pleased to announce a two-part art history lecture titled “The Aztecs, Conquest and Early Colonial Art of Mexico.” The lectures, presented by Dr.

Three codices from the 16th and 17th century describe historical details about the Aztecs and the area that is now Mexico City. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has secured the colorful San Andrés Tetepilco codices. These Aztec documents from the late 16th and early 17th centuries recount the ...

This Aztec pictogram depicts warriors drowning as a temple burns in the background. New research links the scene to a 1507 earthquake. Courtesy of Gerardo Suárez and Virginia García-Acosta A ...

The Mexican government has acquired three Aztec codices from the 16th and 17th centuries. SC / INAH / BNAH The Mexican government has acquired three illustrated Aztec codices from the late 16th to ...

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 ...

A “spirit mirror” believed to have been used by Queen Elizabeth I’s famed political advisor John Dee was crafted in Aztec Mexico around 500 years ago, reinforcing the idea that the mirror was used by ...