known as the Codices of San Andrés Tetepilco, from a private family that had passed down the Aztec documents for generations, ...

The Mexican government has acquired three illustrated Aztec codices from the late 16th to early 17th centuries that had been passed down within one family for generations. The newly purchased ...

In the Aztec writing system, 10-Rabbit is 1502—the year, according to the codices surviving from the era, that the empire's most feared ruler, Ahuitzotl (pronounced ah-WEE-tzohtl), was laid to ...