“Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma and the Last Stand of the Aztecs” (Bantam Books. 330 pages. $27.50), by Buddy Levy Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes met the mighty Montezuma during a ...

The popular motivational anecdote "burn the boats" or "burn the ships" is a reference to Hernán Cortés's conquest of the ...

Hernan Cortes arrived in Mexico, planted a flag and then began his conquest of the Aztecs 500 years ago today According to some traditions the date was March 13, 1519, 500 years ago today. It was the ...

"Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma and the Last Stand of the Aztecs" (Bantam Books. 330 pages. $27.50), by Buddy Levy. Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes met the mighty Montezuma during a ...

The 1.93kg slab of gold was discovered in a park in Mexico City in 1981 by a construction worker during excavations for a new building along the Alameda. How it got there remained a mystery, as the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Underwater archaeologists have discovered two 500-year-old iron ship ...

MEXICO CITY — Archaeologists digging in a ruined pyramid in downtown Mexico City said Tuesday they found a mass grave that may hold the skeletal remains of the Aztec holdouts who fought conquistador ...

Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) stated that two 500-year anchors were uncovered at the the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Associated Press. The two anchors were ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. In 1981, a worker in Mexico City found a gold bar just north of Alameda ...

Depictions on fabric of La Malinche and Hernan Cortes from the 16th century Tlaxcala Codex in Mexico City (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved ...