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The gods of the Aztecs had a constant need of bloody human sacrifices....

It is estimated that about 20, 000 people a year were falling victim to the Aztec royal family....

The Aztec Empire grew bit by bit, with each ruler expanding Aztec territory through conquests and alliances.
The Aztecs maintained their empire through a complex tax system....

Moreover, archaeologists have also discovered in the tomb items which could had been produced from Aztec, buttons and pieces of glass....

In North America the Aztecs had special rooms for dreams. The elders of the tribe interpreted dreams, which were received during rituals and in accordance with various claims....

The cathedral was built where the Templo Mayor - the Aztecs' most sacred and important temple - once stood....

It was part of the animal sacrifice conducted by the Aztecs. Instead of rubber, the Aztecs made their figures from dried animal intestines....

Tlaloc was the god of fertility, abundance and water, who played a vital role in Aztec rituals....

Xochipilli - God of gay prostitutes
A number of religions have a god of homosexuality but only the Aztecs had an even more specific one....

Aztec Empire, 08.13.1521
On this day, the great Aztec Empire, which had persisted for centuries, crumbled with a sudden and bloody end....

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Experts from the University of Delaware theorize that the manuscript was written by the Aztecs but linguists and cryptologists are skeptical of this claim....

A similar cycle of constantly repeating events is seen in the Mayan calendar and in the religion of the Aztecs....

Every time we hear about ancient civilizations in America, most of us immediately think of the Aztecs, Mayans and Incas....

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