The pinnacle of Aztec architecture was a vast religious building – with a blood-soaked history. Jonathan Glancey investigates. The opening ceremony of the sixth Great Temple of Tenochtitlan on 19 ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter There is no document of civilisation that is not at the same time a document of barbarism," said Walter Benjamin, German critic, ...

Why did the Aztecs sacrifice humans to the gods? Learn more about what this ritual served, along with other purposes. The traditional accounts of Aztec sacrifice are almost too gory to be true. In ...

Dominating vast swathes of Mesoamerica from the 14<sup>th to the 16<sup>th century, the legendary Aztec civilisation continues to fascinate scholars to this day. The rich Aztec culture is well ...

Last month marked 500 years since the fall of the Aztec Empire. Centred in Tenochtitlan, now Mexico City, the Aztecs built an enormous city in the middle of a lake after seeing an eagle with a snake ...