The Aztecs then broke into five groups and headed their separate ways to breathe it all in. One group went on a walking tour of the neighborhood, guided by Little Italy Tours.

Before visiting Mexico City, it is good to have a basic understanding of Aztec culture. Start learning with these 10 facts about Aztec history.

These are among the cheerful points of Aztec history mustered by Archeologist George Clapp Vaillant of the American Museum of Natural History in his new book Aztecs of Mexico (Doubleday Doran; $4).

For a long time, scholars have thought that the Aztecs had frequent contact with groups in what's now the American Southwest.

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Hygiene and ritual marked every moment of life for pregnant Aztec women. The tlamatlquiticitl—midwife—offered those in her charge a remarkable 16th-century birthing plan, combining practical ...

Essayist Richard Rodriguez looks at the enduring message of the Aztec Indians.

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