The sacrifice of at least 42 children in Tenochtitlán, now Mexico City, was an effort to calm the anger of the Aztec rain god during a devastating drought, researchers have revealed.

The Aztec civilization may have peaked more than 500 years ago, but all the Aztec gods and goddesses remain culturally ...

The remains, mostly boys aged between two and seven years old, were placed inside a box of ashlars in a careful arrangement.