Indigenous people responded to the Requerimiento in numerous ways. When the Chontal Maya of Potonchan—a Maya capital now part ...

The lost gold treasures of Montezuma. Engraving of Hernan Cortes fighting Montezuma by Jan Karel Donatus Van Beecq (1638-1722 ...

Marine archaeologists take measurements of the anchors - the biggest is almost 4m (13 ft) long Two 500-year-old iron ship anchors have been discovered on Mexico's Gulf Coast, potentially offering ...

The first encounter between Aztec emperor Montezuma and conquistador Hernando Cortés took place on Nov. 8, 1519 – the latter ...

Among them was the conquistador Hernando Cortes, who led massacres in Mexico but who also, some scholars believe, had the famous Dresden Codex—one of just four Maya illustrated books surviving ...

After this, Cortes replied to Cuauhtémoc that he greatly appreciated everything he had done, and that his actions claimed to be more good than bad, and that what happened was past.

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The Museo Mural Diego Rivera presents the exhibition exploring the historical and cultural debate surrounding the figures of ...

Early Prescott settlers named streets after Spanish explorers – Captain Hernando Alacrón and General Francisco Coronado, who ...

Experts warn a global pandemic will halt humanity as we know it in the next 20 to 30 years. Past epidemics may offer some insight into what the future holds. Here’s a look back at some of them.

A stroll down Calle Tacuba, in the heart of the capital, takes you through centuries of Mexican history and architectural ...

The Department of Public Health and Social Services has relocated the office of its Guam Breast and Cervical Cancer Early ...