Blogs about: Aztec Empire

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Shit happens...

richmx2 wrote 3 months ago: It’s time for the annual reaming out of the city’s storm sewers, which will clear an e … more »

Tags: ciudad de mexico, Economy & Business, Environment, Mexican History -1524 (Pre-Conquest), Mexican History 1575-1810 (Colonial Era), Mexican History 1824-1910, Nezahuacoatl, Porfirio Diaz, Tenotitchlan

The perils of writing history

richmx2 wrote 6 months ago: DAMN! I just got the proofs of my Mexican history off to the publisher and some archeologist has to … more »

Tags: ciudad de mexico, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Tenotitchlan, Tlatelolco, Mexican History -1524 (Pre-Conquest), Nahuatls

So, what's your sign?

richmx2 wrote 6 months ago: Boy, this is fun… Everything you ever wanted to know about Aztec calendars… and even a c … more »

Tags: La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Mexican History -1524 (Pre-Conquest), Folk Art, Folklore/customs, Nahuatls

The Mormons built Teotihuacan?

richmx2 wrote 11 months ago: Having grown up 2 blocks from the hoity-toity High Church Episcopalian Hobart and William Smith Coll … more »

Tags: Catholic Church, ciudad de mexico, Economy & Business, Jews, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Mexican History -1524 (Pre-Conquest), Mormons, Religion, Teotihuacán

Relax don't do it When you want to go to it

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: (Edited and revised from the original) I always had a problem with Gary Jenning’s “Aztec” … more »

Tags: Gringolandia, Catholic Church, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Real Mexico, Sexo y la ciudad, Gays, Americas (outside U.S. and Mexico), Protestants, Religion

If I could roll back time...1 comment

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: It’s frustrating to write Mexico history, because so much of it was purposely destroyed.  Not … more »

Tags: Agriculture, Education and educators, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Mexican History -1524 (Pre-Conquest), Mexican History 1910-20 (Revolution), Pancho Villa, Tabasco (Estado de), Tlacael

Something old, something new (not Oaxaca, not politics)

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: This fellow showed up Tuesday at Templo Mayor, where he’s been hiding in plain sight on Mexic … more »

Tags: ciudad de mexico, Tenotitchlan, Mexican History -1524 (Pre-Conquest), Tourism, Centro Historico

The circular theory of Aztec history simplified...

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: Religion and cuisine aren’t the only places in Mexico where tradition and modernity co-exist … more »

Tags: ciudad de mexico, policía

14 Agosto

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: The Unapologetic Mexican did a great job putting together a memorial to the fall of Tenochtitlán, … more »

Tags: ciudad de mexico, Cuauhtémoc, Mexican History 1524-1575 (Spanish Conquest), Hernan Cortés, Tlatelolco, Mexican History -1524 (Pre-Conquest)

Ullamaliztli... without the human sacrifices, it just ain't the same

richmx2 wrote 3 years ago: I don’t know why but I’d saved this article, then “sparks” at Thorn Tree pu … more »

Tags: La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Mexican History 1524-1575 (Spanish Conquest), Sports, Ullamaliztli, Mazatlán, Cannibalism

Statute-tory Rape? Who done the deed?

richmx2 wrote 3 years ago: The Emperor Cuauhtémoc was one tough kid. He was only 18 when, after a well-aimed rock ended Uncle … more »

Tags: ciudad de mexico, Crime and Punishment, Emperor Maximiliano, Porfirio Diaz, Cuauhtémoc, Tenotitchlan, Mexican History 1524-1575 (Spanish Conquest), Hernan Cortés, Mexican History 1910-20 (Revolution)


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