They were heroes and saints." Accompanying the image of conquistador Pedro Menendez de Aviles, governor of Spanish Florida in the 16 th century, this caption is displayed on huge billboards that ...
Hopefully you will now tell it too. From around 1517 - 1697 Spanish invaders (conquistadores) started to destroy the Maya cities and people. The Spanish were armed with artillery, steel swords and ...
Rancid bacon fat might not sound revolutionary, but at New Mexico State University, it might be the key to creating an all-natural mosquito repellent. As Texas archeologist Gus Acosta was going ...
You may have wondered if that delicious roasted fowl that graces your Thanksgiving table is somehow related to the country that shares its name. Wonder no more!
Spanish scientists said they will reveal details of the nationality of 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery.
It's hard to believe this iconic "lost city of the Incas" was untouched during the Spanish conquest. The Incas cleverly obscured these 12 acres of temples, aqueducts and gardens from the Spaniards ...
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico man pleaded no contest Monday to reduced charges of aggravated battery and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the shooting of a Native American ...
MEXICO CITY: A Spanish documentary extolling the virtues of the country’s conquest of the Americas now showing in Mexico has added fuel to a politically charged debate over the legacy of ...