Where do babies come from? The Aztecs’ answer to the classic child’s question was that they came from the 13th heaven—the highest heaven of all. Here, in this store of unborn souls ...

The sacrifice of at least 42 children in Tenochtitlán, now Mexico City, was an effort to calm the anger of the Aztec rain god ...

Aztec religiosity was deeply tied to natural ... Many of these ceremonies culminated in the sacrifice of children personified ...

New research has revealed that remains 42 children, unearthed at Templo Mayor, were linked to a severe drought that ravaged ...

The Mexican National College presents new findings on the 15th-century climate crisis that led to the sacrifice of 42 ...