The Azcatitlan Codex returns to Mexico from Europe after nearly two centuries
France is loaning the New Spain-era manuscript that chronicles the founding, splendor, and fall of Tenochtitlan to the National Museum of Anthropology and History
‘A True Account of the Conquest of New Spain’: Chicanery, adventures and plunder recounted by a soldier-writer
Bernal Díaz del Castillo, who took Tenochtitlán with Hernán Cortés, wrote a classic chronicle offering his version of the conquest. It is now published adapted and in modern Spanish
Andrea Martínez Baracs, historian: ‘Indigenous allies saved the Spanish on the Night of Sorrows’
The specialist in Mesoamerican history warns against revisionism: ‘The course of the conquest could have been different without Indigenous support’
The battle over the colonial legacy in Mexico: ‘Shadow theater for political gain’
Faced with a fiery debate between the glorious myth of the Conquest and anachronistic revisionism, historians are looking to steer clear of nationalist tradition, both Mexican and Spanish
Isabel Bueno: ‘Hernán Cortés was a puppet in Indigenous hands, he had no choice but to trust them’
The Spanish anthropologist goes past the image of Tlaxacalan traitors to speak of a population with well-defined sociopolitical structures and sophisticated art forms
‘Aztec Batman’: New superhero movie faces criticism that it is ‘spreading the black legend’
The launch of the movie’s trailer has led to debate between those who see it as Hispanophobic and those who say it’s only following its genre’s archetypes
Lewis Dartnell, biologist: ‘One of the problems with the modern world is a loss of scarcity in many things’
In his book ‘Being Human’, the expert offers examples of how genetics and pandemics have determined universal history
Why do we see ourselves as morally superior to other historical eras?
Perhaps we’re more sensitive to the suffering of others, but that’s hardly due to us being better people — and doesn’t give us the right to arrogantly judge the past
The old story of defeated empires: ‘The Inca rulers spoiled their children, while the Aztecs were told they were going to die in battle’
Peruvian anthropologist Luis Millones and Mexican archeologist Eduardo Matos speak with EL PAÍS and reflect on their new book, which deals with the figures of Moctezuma and Atahualpa, the last great pre-Columbian rulers
Hernán Cortés’ remains languish in a safe in Spain amid political standoff over conquistador’s legacy
Former Extremadura regional premier Guillermo Fernández Vara announced a year ago that the relics, kept privately for decades, would be put on public display, but the current conservative administration has them stored in an archive
Crossbow bolts and coins: The archaeological trail of the Coronado expedition that discovered the Grand Canyon
The conquistador Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Guzmán crossed Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas between 1540 and 1542 and left behind pieces that have been analyzed in a new study
Christian Duverger, historian: ‘Hernán Cortés was a republican who stood against an absolutist monarchy’
The Frenchman has published a novel in which the Spanish conquistador recounts his life and adventures to his eldest son
The long road home for a stolen Hernán Cortés manuscript
In an exclusive for EL PAÍS, the FBI details how it recovered a nearly 500-year-old document, which will return to Mexico this month after its disappearance three decades ago
‘Ecumene Aztec,’ the video game about the conquest of Mexico that has riled up Spain’s far right
The game casts players as Aztec warriors with a mission to save Tenochtitlan, but has been criticized as racist and historically inaccurate
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