MEXICO CITY (AP) – A 16th century document considered one of the most important primary sources on the Aztecs of pre-Columbian Mexico went digital Thursday with a new app that aims to spur research ...

The Aztec world didn’t disappear into legend. It left records on screenfold books made from bark paper and animal hide. Reading them today matters because they are the Aztecs’ own self-portrait, ...

For more than 30 years, Ralph Scorza crafted jewelry and sculptures from his small studio in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Then, in 2016, disaster hit. A propane explosion irreparably damaged the ...

Detail of the Codex Mendoza from its new digital platform (all screenshots by the author for Hyperallergic) One of the major textual resources on pre-Columbian Mexico is now online in a digital ...

There are very few pre-Columbian manuscripts in the world; the Codex Cospi is one of them. These days, this manuscript is being analyzed at Bologna University Library in collaboration with Palazzo ...

In Michael Menchaca's universe, El Diedad del Queso, a rat god, and Aquilas, an eagle deity, demand the ultimate sacrifice. Combining classic cartoon style with the Aztec codex, Menchaca has created a ...

Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has secured the colorful San Andrés Tetepilco codices. These Aztec documents from the late 16th and early 17th centuries recount the ...

This Aztec pictogram depicts warriors drowning as a temple burns in the background. New research links the scene to a 1507 earthquake. Courtesy of Gerardo Suárez and Virginia García-Acosta A ...

Three codices from the 16th and 17th century describe historical details about the Aztecs and the area that is now Mexico City. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

One of the most understated treasures in the current exhibition at the Museum of International Folk Art, The Red That Colored the World, is the Florentine Codex. The book is opened to the pages that ...