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1 day ago · The film highlights the religious significance and the rites performed to ensure prosperity. More on IMDb "Mysteries of the Aztecs" (2010) focuses on rituals dedicated to Huitzilopochtli, the god of war. It includes reenactments that show priests offering human hearts to the deity as a way to sustain the sun. More on IMDb
5 days ago · Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. ca. 1490–ca. 1559. Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca first set foot on land that would become Texas in 1528, when his crude raft ran aground near Galveston Island. The raft held survivors of an ill-fated Spanish expedition to settle Florida.
5 days ago · Sheltering in the recently conquered Inca capital, the Spanish conquistadors resorted to desperate measures, but still succeeded in withstanding a ten-month siege, which ended in April 1537. What came to be known as the Battle of Cuzco solidified Spain’s hold on Peru.
4 days ago · Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) "At four in the morning, we tied our canoes together and drifted downstream and cried."
2 days ago · Pic 5: The role of La Malinche has featured in several Mexican films, such as ‘La Llorona’ (1933) (Click on image to enlarge) This has given rise to the concept of malinchismo, the betrayal of one’s own native identity through infatuation with the new and foreign.
Dec 25, 2023 · She has also served as the narrator for the true-crime series Snapped: Killer Couples on Oxygen. Additionally, she made her significant appearance in the 2005 films Checking Out and Havoc, as well as the 2006 film Conquistadora.
3 days ago · In some cases, the newest war movies depict life on the battlefield. A couple of them examine the impact of war once the soldier comes home. Those examples offer intensity of an entirely different sort. Vote for your favorites on this list of new war movies.
