According to some traditions the date was March 13, 1519, 500 years ago today. It was the start of a long period of woes for the native Mexicans. With a relatively small force, the man in armour, ...

“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 ...

This month marks 500 years since the fall of Tenochtitlán, the grand city of the Mexicas, what the Aztecs called themselves. Historians and other scholars have yet to agree fully on the devastating ...

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 ...

Conquistadors and Aztecs: A History of the Fall of Tenochtitlan, by Stefan Rinke, Oxford University Press, 328 pages. Contemporary historiography aims above all to treat native peoples seriously, in ...

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 ...

According to some traditions the date was March 13, 1519, 500 years ago today. It was the start of a long period of woes for the native Mexicans. With a relatively small force, the man in armour, ...

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 ...