In a groundbreaking discovery, archaeologists have unearthed a bronze cannon in Arizona, directly linked to the legendary expedition of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado. This artifact, found in the Santa ...

Show more Greg Jenner is joined in 16th-Century Mexico by Dr Amy Fuller and comedian Jen Brister to learn about Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and his translator Malintzin. In 1521 ...

The quest to decipher Maya hieroglyphs began with the very Spanish invaders whose hegemonic rule did so much to wipe out the ancient Maya script. Among them was the conquistador Hernando Cortes ...

Much of what is known of Aztec society comes from a book written by Bernardino de Sahagún, a Spanish friar living near what is now Mexico City. During the second part of the 16th century ...