He was considered to be one of the most important gods in the Aztec pantheon, and he was held in equal esteem as his brothers Quetzalcoatl, Huitzilopochtli, and Xipe Totec. Tezcatlipoca features in ...

It wasn't until 1978 that the temple dedicated to the Aztec gods Huitzilopochtli and Tláloc (gods of war and water) was unearthed in the heart of Mexico City. Today, the area remains an active ...

In the second part of our series, we take a look at how more Mexican states' names came to be and what they mean today.