announced they had discovered an ancient ceremonial ball court and an Aztec temple dedicated to the wind god Ehécatl, both of which were likely in use from A.D. 1481 until 1519 in Tenochtitlan ...

The Aztec bling became part of the ornately ritualized spirituality of Tenochtitlan. The Templo Mayor was not simply a burial pyramid like those erected by the ancient Egyptians but rather the ...

Tenochtitlan gave way to what is now Mexico ... The narrator of Channel 4 documentary ‘Lost Pyramids of the Aztecs’ said the Aztecs built 78 monuments in the heart of the city, “covering ...

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As we mentioned, the capital city of Tenochtitlan -- the ruins of which lie beneath modern Mexico City, save for prominent ...

they ruled the Aztec Empire. Huitzilopochtli shared the Templo Mayor with the rain and farming god Tlaloc; each god had his own shrine at the top of the pyramid, reached by separate staircases.

At the same time, the Aztecs were renowned artisans, engineers, builders, traders and agriculturalists. They created colorful and intricate art, vast cities with towering pyramids and great ...

In architecture, the Aztecs constructed impressive pyramids and temples that remain tourist attractions today. Their capital, Tenochtitlan, was a marvel of urban planning and engineering ...

The Aztecs, who flourished from 1428 to ... At that time, in the center of Tenochtitlan, there was a huge pyramid-shaped temple called Templo Mayor, which is thought to have reached a height ...

Digital artist Thomas Kole, originally from Amersfoort, Netherlands, has re-created the capital of the Aztec, or Mexica ... from the massive twin-temple pyramids in the centers, to the smaller ...