Peruvian anthropologist Luis Millones and Mexican archeologist Eduardo Matos speak with EL PAÍS and reflect on their new book ...

In 1531, a dazzling Marian apparition ended centuries of despair and terror and ushered in a new era of faith in Mexico.

Learning history in school can sometimes feel like memorizing a series of dry facts about the past. But when you dig deeper, ...

Atahualpa, (c. 1500 - 26 July 1533) was the last Sapa Inca (sovereign emperor) of the Tawantinsuyu (the Inca Empire) before the Spanish conquest. Lithograph, published in 1865. Spanish conquistadors ...

MEXICO CITY -- In Mexico City’s bustling historic center, the Hospital de Jesus covers most of a city block. Its faded ...

Off the coast of Mexico, scientists have observed a pod of killer whales adapting new skills to help them hunt these docile ...

The Aztec death whistle sounds were also played to human listeners while their brains were being recorded. Brain regions belonging to the affective neural system responded strongly to the sound ...

Under a succession of rulers armies were sent further across Mexico. By the start of the 1500s the Aztec empire stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific and into Guatemala and Nicaragua.

The body of these whistles is decorated with a skull shape that could represent Mictlantecuhtli, the Aztec god of the underworld. Mictlantecuhtli ruled Mictlan, the place where the souls of the dead ...

Western Empire heads the Ladbrokes.com.au market for the Gold Rush (1400m) this Saturday at Ascot. The final field has been released and it is Western Empire who has opened favourite, with the barrier ...