Following the fall of Tenochtitlan, an Aztec poet composed a searing account of the capture of the capital city. Written in the Nahuatl language, using the Latin alphabet of the Spanish invaders ...

In Tenochtitlan, fresh fruits and vegetables were hauled by canoe from floating gardens to a great market known as Tlatelolco. There were two-story houses with rooftop gardens, and busy markets.

Historic Native American trails tend to bind together, like a string of freshwater pearls, historic "persistent places" in the Americas. Many of these places were once inhabited by Native ...

"Living in fear — that's what we're seeing out there," he added. Álvarez joined other speakers at a Monday news conference in Yakima co-hosted by MomsRising and OneAmerica at Centro Chinampa on ...

Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Design at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 At the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 , Mexico’s pavilion offers a striking reconstruction of the ancient chinampas ...

Tenochtitlán's 700th anniversary will be celebrated in July with a series of events at several of the modern capital’s landmarks.

Mexico City is celebrating the 700th anniversary of its founding in 2025, dating back to when the great Tenochtitlan was a city surrounded by a vast lake and crisscrossed by canals, much like Venice.

What began in Los Angeles over the weekend was disturbing and instructive. A protest over aggressive federal immigration raids gave way to scenes of destruction: fires in the streets, attacks on ...

The Chinampas of Mexico They are highly productive farm plots surrounded on at least three sides by canals. Created in an ancient drainage project, they were the economic foundation of the Aztec ...