Francisco Barragan had been grieving his mother’s death and subsequent sense of loneliness for nearly a year when his Aztec-language teacher offered a different perspective. From the basement of an ...

The Spanish conquest might have toppled the Aztec imperial state with startling speed, but unpicking precisely what ‘collapse ...

Researchers uncover signs of a written Uto-Aztecan language in Teotihuacan’s murals, linking the ancient city’s people to the Aztecs. Discover what they found. Anastasia Scott is an Editorial ...

The play tells the story of the penultimate ruler of Mexico-Tenochtitlan called Cuitlahuac Cuitlahuac was the only ruler to defeat the Spanish conquistadors during the 'Victorious Night' battle in ...

TranslationServices.com is helping preserve living endangered languages with its new translation services for Nahuatl, the language of the former Aztec Empire. With the addition of Nahuatl to our ...

The Aztec civilization, flourishing in central Mexico from the 14th to the 16th centuries, was rich in mythology and religious traditions. Their pantheon of gods and goddesses governed every aspect of ...

The Aztec Empire was a fascinating Mesoamerican civilization, which, at the height of its power, spanned tens of thousands of miles and over six million people. It was a thriving agricultural society ...

Three floors under Firestone Library in Special Collections, a group of Princeton first-year students are translating a collection of largely untouched documents from Nahuatl — an endangered, ...

The ancient manuscript rested on the shelves of the Newberry Library for more than a century. Little was known about the bound book from colonial Mexico that had been donated to the library in 1911 by ...

David Vazquez, center, hosted a Nahuatl exhibition in 2017 at the Episcopal Church of the Messiah in Santa Ana. (Courtesy of Episcopal Church of the Messiah) Francisco Barragan had been grieving his ...