1. Kayak the ancient canals of Xochimilco Before the Spanish conquest in 1521, Mexico City, then called Tenochtitlán, was built on two small islands inside Lake Texcoco. The Aztecs built canals ...

In the center of Lake Pátzcuaro in Mexico, drought has revealed ancient artifacts at the bottom ... about a 215-mile drive west from Mexico City. Google Translate was used to translate the ...

"This great system [chinampas] is all that's left from the lake city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, so I always tell our visitors that Xochimilco is a living archaeological zone," Cruz said. "If we ...

When the Spaniards arrived, they drained the waters, building Mexico City on top of that. Only Lake Xochimilco remained — the last remaining home of the axolotl. The axolotl can breathe in four ...

Ancient Deity, Pet and Endangered Species ... “This great system (chinampas) is all that’s left from the lake city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, so I always tell our visitors that Xochimilco ...