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Video: The Aztec World — Elizabeth Brumfiel, professor of anthropology at Northwestern, provides an introduction to The Aztec World, a new exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago. Brumfiel served as ...

The Aztecs, one of the most intriguing and sophisticated civilizations to have ever existed, left an indelible mark on Mexico’s cultural and historical landscape. Before their dramatic fall to Spanish ...

Flipping the pages of history, the name of Pierre Clement Laussat (1756-1835) holds an important place as the French diplomat representing France in the Dec. 20, 1803, transfer of Louisiana to the ...

Spoiler alert: this touring show about the short-lived Aztec empire includes evidence of religious practices involving human sacrifice. A gatekeeper.Michael Clayton-Jones Aztec gods required regular ' ...

Over 500 years ago, a young woman was buried in the holiest temple of the ancient Aztec city Tenochtitlan. She was surely an elite member of her society, based on the location of her grave. But the ...

STAMFORD — Early on in “The History Makers,” Stamford native Val Bodurtha’s young adult novel set in a modern-day Aztec empire, the book’s protagonist celebrates her 17th birthday as one does in ...

10. Ehecatl: The Aztec God of Wind and Air Ehecatl (eh·heh·kah·tul), whose name simply means “wind” in Nahuatl (the Aztec language), was revered as the essential breath of life. As the Aztecwind god ...