This video retraces the fall of the Aztec Empire using Google Earth to bring the 16th-century conquest to life. We follow Hernán Cortés and his forces from their landing on the Gulf Coast to the siege ...

When Spanish forces and their allies conquered the Aztec city of Tenochtitlán in 1521, they began building directly on top of the city’s ruins and eradicating Aztec religion and traditions. But now, a ...