A striking 600-year-old Aztec sculpture depicting a golden eagle has been uncovered in an ancient temple in Mexico, archaeologists with Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History ...

They built their capital city, Tenochtitlán (modern-day Mexico City), on the spot where they observed an eagle — a potent symbol in Aztec ideology — perched atop a nopal cactus and clutching ...

In the center of the Mexican flag is the Aztec eagle, which is also incorporated into the logos of the nation's two main airlines. There is Banco Azteca and TV Azteca, and the national soccer team ...

MEXICO CITY, Nov 24 (Reuters) - An extensive cache of Aztec ritual offerings found underneath ... include last month's discovery of a sacrificed eagle held in the clutches of the jaguar, along ...

Anagoria/National Museum of Anthropology of Mexico, CC BY-SA Aztec mythology tells that Mictecacihuatl was sacrificed as a baby and magically grew to adulthood in the underworld, where she married.

Cuba's Miguel Díaz-Canel received the Aztec Eagle, Mexico's highest medal for foreigners – and a tight embrace from Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. He's backing the dark and ...

He has accompanied Mexican electoral officials in their successful drive to electoral democracy since 1992 and was made a Member of the Order of the Aztec Eagle of Mexico, the highest honour ...