The EXpedition

A desperate decision made five centuries ago, ripples through time and overtakes a modern archeological dig - with tragic results. La Noche Triste, the Night of Sorrows, 30 June 1520 - after looting the Aztec island-city of Tenochtitlan, Hernan Cortez and his "not yet" Conquistadors make a run for it in the dead of night. Toting an unimaginable quantity of treasure, the Spaniards are caught strung out along a causeway to the mainland by the enraged Aztecs. In the massacre that follows, half...