Nahuatl, the language of the ancient Aztec civilization spoken today by the Nahua people in southern Mexico, has made a surprisingly profound impact on several languages, including English and Spanish ...

The language of the Aztecs, Nahuatl, is undergoing a renaissance in Los Angeles, thanks in part to the efforts of a genial UCLA historian. Once the lingua franca of Mexico, Nahuatl [pronounced na’ wat ...

Throughline takes us back 500 years to understand the rise, fall and resilience of the great Aztec city Tenochititlán. The story of European dominance has been largely accepted as historical truth.

MEXICO CITY—The full moon was approaching when I was invited on a day trip to commune with the Aztecs. “Bring shorts and a towel,” my host told me mysteriously. Five hundred years ago, the Aztec ...

Scholars from UCLA’s Latin American Institute are celebrating Getty’s release of the digital version of the Florentine Codex, an unparalleled repository of 16th-century Indigenous Mexican knowledge ...