Every Thursday evening at a park in the Pilsen neighborhood, a group of Aztec dancers, some originally from Mexico City, gather to practice the ancestral ritual amid the laughs of children on the ...

In a sense, 1521 is Mexico's 1619. A foundational moment that has for a long time been shaped by just one perspective, a European one. The story of how Hernán Cortés and his small army of ...

A note on spelling and translations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Water and the sacred city -- Chapter 3: The Tlatoani in Tenochtitlan -- Chapter 4: The city in the conquest's wake -- ...

Mexico-Tenochtitlan was situated where Mexico City stands today. Historic buildings in the capital were lit up, while replicas of several Aztec gods were placed in the main square and illuminated ...