Once the unsuspecting natives gathered in a courtyard, Cortés ordered his men “to slaughter them all as quietly as possible.” As soon as this was done, the Spaniards rushed into...

The “Huey Tzompantli” was the colossal skull rack located in the central square of Tenochtitlan, in front of the giant temple of Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc. It was an immense construction,...