Tlaxcalan Legends

The riches of Aztec Emperor Montezuma have fueled many legends of lost treasure. Here are 4.

The Spanish used indigenous warriors from central Mexico to help them conquer the Philippines in the mid-1500s.

The famous Mexican revolutionary was said to have had up to 75 wives and mistresses. Who were Pancho Villa's women?

Often neglected, the archaeology of Mexico's Baja Peninsula remains mysterious and problematic.

What role did Freemasonry have in the birth of the new nation of Mexico?

In February of 1989 a strange object fell from the sky and crashed into a hillside in the outskirts of Tijuana.

An Inca princess found herself in colonial Mexico fighting for her rights, for recognition of her family's status, and for a place in a post-Conquest world.

Did the Mississippian Culture's capital city of Cahokia have contact with civilizations thousands of miles to the south?

On a warm July day in 1822, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City echoed with the sounds of celebration. Agustín de Iturbide, a man of Basque descent born in Valladolid (now Morelia), Mexico, in 1783, stood before a cheering crowd as the heavy imperial crown was placed upon his head. He became Agustín I, the […]

Located in the Yucatán Peninsula. Ek Balam, meaning ‘Black Jaguar’ or ‘Jaguar Star’ in Yucatec Maya, was a significant northern Maya kingdom, known historically as Talol, during its peak from 770 to 840 AD.  The ruined city is situated about 12 miles north of Valladolid and 27 miles northeast of Chichén Itzá, making it a […]