A photograph of the ruins of Huēyi Teōcalli with the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral in the background. (David Moran/Flickr) The replica stands in the city’s main square, just steps from the ...

Archeologists have discovered the ruins of an 800-year-old Aztec pyramid in the heart of the Mexican capital that could show the ancient city is at least a century older than previously thought.

The Aztecs ruled one of the most powerful civilisations ever seen in the Americas. They were ruthless warriors and ingenious engineers, who conquered a huge territory and built towering pyramids and ...

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