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Approximately 500 years ago, Spanish forces laid siege to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons On May 22, 1521, Spanish forces and their Indigenous allies laid siege ...
To one side of Mexico City’s enormous central plaza, the Zócalo, stands one of the most astonishing archaeological digs of the last 35 years. It was originally believed that the huge cathedral in the ...
From Roman gladiatorial combat to Egyptian animal mummies, capturing and manipulating wild carnivores has long been a way for humans to demonstrate state or individual power. Historians and scientists ...