This mini-documentary ranks the greatest conquerors in human history purely by how much land they brought under their control, and what it cost to build those empires. From the Spanish conquest of the ...

Alfredo Ramos Martinez; La Malinche (Young Girl of Yalala, Oaxaca); c. 1940; oil, canvas; Framed: 1 3/4 x 52 1/4 x 42 1/2 in. (4.4 x 132.7 x 108 cm) 50 x 40 3/8 in. (127 x 102.6 cm); Collection of ...

The specialist in Mesoamerican history warns against revisionism: ‘The course of the conquest could have been different ...

Her complex legacy after 500 years as a survivor and, to some, a traitor is explored in festivals and a major museum exhibition. La Malinche was a young linguist forced to serve the Spanish conquerors ...