The Aztec, who referred to themselves as the ... diseased thugs were the incarnation of Mexica gods, and that Emperor Moctezuma II “gave away” his empire to the Spanish invaders.

The meeting of Hernán Cortés and Emperor Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin, or Moctezuma — never Montezuma ... one of which — the Aztec empire — has often been shoddily reproduced, its complexity ...

Moctezuma II era nieto de Atotoztli. (Foto: INAH) So, without it, the lineage would have ended. From this perspective, his marriage bond with Tezozomoch, son of Itzcóatl, the fourth Tlatoani ...

(Adrian Hernández/Wikipedia via Courthouse News) MEXICO CITY (CN) — A feathered headdress some say belonged to Aztec emperor Moctezuma is the centerpiece of Mexico’s yearslong dispute with Austria ...

In addition, there are many things that have not been fully explained, such as the death of the Mexican emperor Moctezuma, who received Cortes and his men in Tenochtitlan, in 1519. Moctezuma was ...

Historians believe that Emperor Moctezuma, who ruled from 1502 to 1520, probably gave the plume to Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes who took it to Europe. Lopez Obrador's plea came on the ...

Their origin is definitely pre-Hispanic colonization, she says. It's thought that the famous Aztec emperor Moctezuma II used tortillas as spoons and that Aztec women used tortillas to wrap the ...

that they are the heirs of Moctezuma II, the emperor whose realm was brutally overthrown by the Spaniards in the Great Conquest of 1521. In the course of the Spanish Conquest, Aztec culture was ...

There was a moment not far into the Moctezuma exhibition when the mystique and absolute power of this last elected Emperor of the Aztecs struck me. I had walked past a map showing Moctezuma II’s ...

"The only images we have of an Aztec ruler are of Moctezuma II, and these were made based on descriptions from the Spaniards after his death," López Luján says, referring to the last emperor who ...

that they are the heirs of Moctezuma II, the emperor whose realm was brutally overthrown by the Spaniards in the Great Conquest of 1521. In the course of the Spanish Conquest, Aztec culture was ...