Known in Nahuatl as Yancuic Xihuitl, the Aztec New Year is traditionally celebrated on March 12. The event, held on the ...

Researchers have long pondered the significance of Feb. 23, the date of the Aztec New Year. New findings suggest it aided in the accurate tracking of the seasons. Modern and past Indigenous peoples, ...

The Aztec calendar is different from the Maya calendar. The latter one has recently gained wide popularity due to the year 2012 prediction of the end of the world. The Aztec and the Maya people, ...

When there’s a will, there’s a way. And for Zelia Nuttall, a lack of a college education and a professorship were not going to stand in the way of what she wanted. As a single mother in the late 1800s ...