The Aztec Empire came to an end at the hands of Conquistador Hernan Cortes but not before Emperor Montezuma, and his people, were able to sneak their mass amounts of wealth north to seven separate ...

The Aztec rulers often expressed their power with body modification, such as labrets pierced through the lower lip. The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently acquired a spectacular example of this ...

Setting out for New Spain and the serendipitous gift of language -- The battle with the Tabascans and the acquisition of La Malinche -- Montezuma's message -- The gambler stakes all : "either win the ...