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Mexico City Subway Dig Yields Aztec Remains and Artifacts
Recent excavations for a new subway line in Mexico City have turned up the 500-year-old skeletons of roughly 50 Aztec children and 10 adults, as well as numerous artifacts dating back as far as 2000...
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Offerings Discovered at Base of Teotihuacan’s Pyramid of the Sun
A trove of ceremonial offerings has been discovered at the base of Teotihuacan’s Pyramid of the Sun, archaeologists from Mexico’s National Anthropology and History Institute (INAH) announced yesterday....
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The 3,500-Year-Old Rubber Ball That Changed Sports Forever
Years after his conquest of Mexico, Hernan Cortés returned to the royal court of Spain’s King Carlos V in 1528 bearing riches and an exotic chocolate drink made from cacao beans. Yet it was a simple...
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Did Salmonella Kill Off the Aztecs?
Today, those of us who are unlucky enough to get salmonella (or technically salmonellosis) will probably get it from eating undercooked meat, poultry or eggs. It’ll make us sick for about a week,...
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What Caused the Aztec Empire to Fall? Scientists Uncover New Clues
In 1545, an unknown disease struck the Aztec Empire. Those who came down with it might become feverish, start vomiting, and develop blotches on their skin. Most horrific of all, they’d bleed from their...
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