A new analysis of hundreds of obsidian artifacts from the Aztec Empire has revealed the vast trade networks that supplied obsidian, sometimes even from rivals. CNN values your feedback 1.

The green obsidian was also thought to have a symbolic connection to Tollan, a mythical city where the god Quetzalcoatl lived, which was believed to be the ancestral origin of Mexico’s ...

An obsidian blade found at least 80 years ago turned out to be a nearly 500-year-old artifact left by explorers in the Texas Panhandle, a new study said. Photo from Southern Methodist University ...

The most valuable obsidian The Aztecs didn’t discover obsidian. It was already the most common raw material in Mesoamerica when they arrived in the Basin of Mexico in 1200, and the use of ...

Obsidian originated from a geological formation known as the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, spanning 621 miles (1,000 kilometers) from the west to east coasts in central Mexico, the study authors noted.