Aztec

It was 1519 and the Spanish Conquistadors had been hearing about the fabled Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlán all the way from Veracruz. Their leader, Hernán Cortés, was determinded to find it. As they marched across the country, moving ever closer towards it, the descriptions became more fantastic, more lavish. The Spanish covered hundreds of miles, through difficult, ever-changing terrain, lured on by the knowledge that this was the big one. If Tenochtitlán had just a fraction of the...Read Full Story

Builders constructing a new subway, in Mexico City, got more than they bargained for. The graves of 60 Aztec people, mostly children, were discovered along the route, halting work immediately.The 24km (15 mile) subway line will connect several Mexico City suburbs and is due to open in 2012. Historians knew that these areas had been built over the top of the original Aztec settlements (much of inner Mexico City is), but no-one knew that the remains were down there.Maria de Jesus Sanchez, an...Read Full Story

When the Spaniard Hernan Cortes arrived in the capital of Aztecs, Tenochtitlan in 1519, little did the Aztecs know that it would beckoned the demise of their 200 year old kingdom that spanned across the current day Mexico. Ultimately, it was a combination of factors that brought the once proud people to their knees. Awed by the Spanish expedition's strange physical appearance, the Aztec king, Moctezuma II showered the Spaniards with lavish gifts and even offered them residence in his palaces...Read Full Story

When the Spaniard Hernan Cortes arrived in the capital of Aztecs, Tenochtitlan in 1519, little did the Aztecs know that it would beckoned the demise of their 200 year old kingdom that spanned across the current day Mexico. Ultimately, it was a combination of factors that brought the once proud people to their knees. Awed by the Spanish expedition's strange physical appearance, the Aztec king, Moctezuma II showered the Spaniards with lavish gifts and even offered them residence in his palaces...Read Full Story

AztecAztec (Aztecatl) is the Nahuatl word for "people from Aztlan, " a mythical place for the culture of the Nahuatl language of the time, and later adopted as a word to describe the Mexica people. Often, the term "Aztec" refers exclusively to the Mexica people of Tenochtitlan "now the site of Mexico City", located on an island in Lake Texcoco, who saw themselves as Mexica or Tenochca Colhua-Mexica.Aztec TribeThe Tribe Aztecs incorporate some traditions are mixed with their own traditions...Read Full Story

24 September 2009 – 24 January 2010 What would we do if the Messiah came to the world right now ? Would the governments headed by members of the three Abrahamic faiths hand over their reigns of power to the Messiah ? Indeed, what would the governments, religious authorities, armies and laymen do in such a situation ? Would people feel this was the fulfilment of a prophesy or Armageddon ? What would followers of non-Abrahamic faiths or atheists do ? These are the sort of questions Moctezuma...Read Full Story

The Tribe Aztec incorporate some traditions are mixed with their own traditions. Therefore, they have several creation myths, one of them describing the time before the world for four years now, which ended in disaster. The fifth era is preserved because of the sacrifice of heroes in the sun. This tale is associated with the old city of Teotihuacan, which was destroyed when the Aztec arrived. Other myths describe the world as the creation of twin gods, Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl...Read Full Story