The ancient Maya and Aztecs had detailed calendars that celebrated New Year's Eve at different times, with traditions to mark ...

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Prior to the Spanish forces' arrival, Aztec people tried to hide the bones of their victims by throwing them into wells. Melitón Tapia / INAH During the Spanish Conquest of Mexico, interactions ...

Includes the Nahuatl narrative in Book Twelve of the Florentine codex, Bernardino de Sahagún's Spanish version, and English translations of each, as well as parallel texts in English and Nahuatl of ...