"The military expansion was an economic expansion," says Matos Moctezuma. "The Aztec didn't impose their religion. They just wanted the products." Not even gold held as much significance among the ...

military skills, and agriculture. Both, though, taught history, philosophy, and religion. Ullamaliztli was the national team ...

who had been expecting to find the skulls of young male warriors, but also unearthed the crania of women and children, raising questions about human sacrifice in the Aztec Empire. "Although we can ...

the Aztec god of the sun, war and human sacrifice. Archaeologists have no doubt it is one of the racks, or tzompantli, described by soldier Andres de Tapia, who accompanied Hernan Cortes in the ...

And some of our soldiers even asked whether the things that we saw were not a dream." Turquoise was also a key element in the regalia of the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II, who conducted great rites of ...