Federico Acosta, a Mexican who traces his lineage back 16 generations back to Moctezuma's daughter, left, and Italian Ascanio Pignatelli also of the 16th generation descended from Hernan Cortes' ...

Let's turn to a story from more than 500 years ago to the Spanish conquest of Mexico. For years, the story of European dominance has been largely accepted as historical truth. But a closer look at ...

The meeting of Aztec Emperor Montezuma II and Hernán Cortés and the events that followed weigh heavily in Mexico half a millennium later. 500 Years Later, The Spanish Conquest Of Mexico Is Still Being ...

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of an ancient Aztec palace that later became the site of the home of famed Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes in Mexico City. The discovery was made ...

Like a wound that still hasn’t healed, the remains of the great city of Tenochtitlán, which fell to the Spanish conquistadors 500 years ago, are still visible in México City, a metropolis as diverse ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Almost four decades ago, a gold bar was ...