Made up of hundreds of long quetzal feathers and over a thousand small gold plates, this 16th century Aztec headdress is the only one of its kind to have survived. Of late, however, its inclusion in ...

MEXICO CITY - For nearly 500 years, the jewel-encrusted, plumed headdress Mexicans revere as the "crown of Moctezuma" has been hidden away in the private collections of European royalty or behind ...

This shield, believed to have belonged to Aztec emperor Ahuízotl, is among the collection of cultural heritage artifacts that originated in Mexico and are now held at the Weltmuseum Wien, Austria's ...

This year Mexico commemorates the 500-year anniversary of the Aztecs' defeat by Spanish conquistadores. The year 1521 is understood as the year Spanish and allied Indigenous groups seized Aztec ...

It is one of the star attractions of Vienna's Weltmuseum, a resplendent ancient Aztec headdress of iridescent blue-green feathers almost two metres (six feet) wide with a centrepiece sporting hundreds ...