Tag: Aztec empire

• Saturday, January 11th 2020 - 09:26 UTC

  Gold bar, evidence of Spanish plundering of Aztec empire 500 years ago

  

  A new scientific analysis of a large gold bar found decades ago in downtown Mexico City reveals it was part of the plunder Spanish conquerors tried to carry away as they fled the Aztec capital after native warriors forced a hasty retreat.