Tenochtitlán – The Aztec Capital Beneath Modern Mexico City
January 21, 2026
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Episode 50 · January 21, 2026
Tenochtitlán – The Aztec Capital Beneath Modern Mexico City
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Tenochtitlán – The Aztec Capital Beneath Modern Mexico City
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Episode 51 explores Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital founded in 1325 on Lake Texcoco. Through remarkable engineering, agriculture, and urban planning, the city became one of the largest and most sophisticated cities of the ancient world. Its society was deeply shaped by religion, trade, and cosmology. Destroyed during the Spanish conquest in 1521 and buried beneath modern Mexico City, Tenochtitlán endures through archaeology, cultural memory, and national identity, reminding us that civilizations are not erased—they are layered.
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