(Bloomberg) -- Relations between Mexico’s president-elect and Spain are off to a bad start over grievances about abuses against Indigenous peoples committed by Spanish conquistadors centuries ago. The ...

Protests after the death of George Floyd have led Americans to question statues, monuments and other landmarks with ties to a racist past. Alongside symbols of the Confederacy, protesters have also ...

As Confederate statues and symbols are removed nationwide, activists are calling for monuments to those who contributed to the genocide of Indigenous people to be toppled as well. "It is an act of ...

Hernán Cortés had Aztec treasures melted into gold bars for easier transport back to Europe. Courtesy of Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History, Archivo digital, MNA-INAH-CANNON A new ...

The Curse of Oak Island team has found fresh evidence that points to either Spanish conquistadors or Portuguese sailors having visited the island and depositing a quantity of gold treasure. Things on ...

Prior to the Spanish forces' arrival, Aztec people tried to hide the bones of their victims by throwing them into wells. Melitón Tapia / INAH During the Spanish Conquest of Mexico, interactions ...

Note: This program contains recreations of violent battle scenes between the Inca and the Spanish conquistadors. Please preview it to determine its appropriateness for your classroom. NOVA ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After vanquishing the Inca Empire with superior weapons and a touch of treachery, the Spanish conquistadors sought to satisfy their lust for riches by forcing multitudes of ...

Five-hundred years ago, two men met and changed much of the world forever. About 500 Spanish conquistadors — ragged from skirmishes, a massacre of an Indigenous village and a hike between massive ...

"Hispano" is an identity unique to New Mexico and southern Colorado. It defines people who consider themselves to be descendants of the Spanish conquistadors that arrived in the 1500s. Hispanos have ...