This story appears in the November 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine ... true of the Aztec Empire, virtually all of which resides just beneath the footsteps of a modern nation.

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine ... a monument marking the Aztec, Spanish colonial, and modern period in Mexico’s rich history.

the exhibit's design also reflects the idea that not everyone in Aztec society was an elite. "The design of the exhibit, a walk from the rural outskirts of Tenochtitlán [site of modern-day Mexico City ...