Editor's note: A previous version of this story said the gold bar weighed 4,255 pounds. It weighs 4.25 pounds. A 4-pound gold bar that was discovered during construction work in Mexico City nearly 40 ...

As a young child, I remember listening to my grandfather and uncles talking around the dinner table about the legends of lost treasures of the Aztecs and I realized even then that life was truly full ...

In the grips of a storm, the Spanish treasure ship was pushed northward by the howling wind and surging seas. The storm anchor gave way, imperiling the cargo of intricately crafted Aztec treasure.

Conquistadors and Aztecs: A History of the Fall of Tenochtitlan, by Stefan Rinke, Oxford University Press, 328 pages. Contemporary historiography aims above all to treat native peoples seriously, in ...

While enjoying the beautiful 5.24-acres of Juno Beach Ocean Park, you might imagine that you've stumbled onto treasure – and you wouldn't be wrong. Somewhere beyond the picnic pavilions and grills, ...