A new facsimile and study of the 16th century manuscript explores the document’s political use at a time when Spain was debating the moral legitimacy of colonial subjugation in the Americas
Archaeologists found the representation of the deity during conservation work at the pre-Hispanic site of Palenque in Chiapis
The 38-caliber revolver, manufactured in northern Spain in the early 20th century, was a gift to the revolutionary from former President Francisco I. Madero. Now it returns to Mexico after passing through Cuba
Ahead of the ritual, which involved human sacrifice, the Mexica people would burn and throw away all of their belongings in the hope that a new life cycle would begin
