When you think of the Aztec Empire, what do you picture? Human sacrifice? In today's episode, Anthony is joined by Aztec expert Dr. Caroline Dodds Pennock, to unpack why we fetishise the Aztecs in ...

Mesoamerican cultures spanned the the areas of Mexico and Central America for centuries. These had distinctive food cultures ...

Archaeologists uncovered 118 skeletons at an Aztec-era burial site, including remains believed to belong to both Aztecs and ...

Luke Caverns explores the Aztec civilization, it's lost capitol of Tenochtitlan & the megalithic monuments that could be found within it. Only a few of these monuments survive in the modern day, & ...

To celebrate the new series of Mastermind, Only Connect and University Challenge, we put presenters Clive Myrie, Victoria ...

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While many Mexicans consider Cortés a rapacious historical villain, Hispanophiles, both in Spain and across the Americas, ...

It was yet another early exit for a team that has never made it to the World Cup semifinals — but no wanted to dwell on ...

An Aztec burial mask housed in the British Museum, crafted from a mosaic of precious stones, depicts a face with boils.

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