Its capital, Tenochtitlán, was a marvel of urban planning and engineering, situated on an island in Lake Texcoco. The arrival of Cortés and his forces, however, set in motion a series of events ...

At one point, the axolotl swam in the cool waters of Lake Chalco and Lake Texcoco in Mexico. The expansion and development of Mexico City destroyed these waters and there are now buildings where ...

Lake Texcoco and Valley of Mexico. Image via Openverse. The drought-induced receding of Lake Texcoco in Mexico has revealed numerous Aztec sacrificial offerings that were once submerged beneath its ...

Mexico City, also known as Ciudad de México or CDMX, has a rich and complex history that spans over 700 years. Mexico City was initially founded by the Nahua people, who were part of the larger Aztec ...

Mexico celebrates the registration of Lake Texcoco as its first Ecohydrology Demonstration Site by UNESCO, a designation approved by the International Scientific Advisory Committee of the ...

The Aztec Empire’s iron fist The Aztecs came into being when three of the most powerful city-states around Lake Texcoco, Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan, united to control what is now central ...

Worse, the Spanish colonists considered Lake Texcoco dirty and flood-prone and drained most of it, consigning the axolotls to Xochimilco, the one neighbourhood where the old waterways survived.

He had barely been able to enjoy his victory over the vast lands of the old Andean empire when the Europeans arrived. On the other hand, Moctezuma had reigned in Tenochtitlan for more than 15 years, a ...

Habitat Loss At one point, the axolotl swam in the cool waters of Lake Chalco and Lake Texcoco in Mexico. The expansion and development of Mexico City destroyed these waters and there are now ...

The wail of the Aztec Death Whistle was the last thing many human sacrifices ever heard before they met their untimely end. The chilling noise is described as the 'scariest sound in the world ...

The clergy, dressed in the garments of deities and walking solemnly, began at sunset a procession to a hill called Huixachtecatl, located in Iztapalapa (an ancient Culhua city on the southern part of ...