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« on: February 23, 2012, 02:11:42 am »

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Aztec City of Tenochtitlan and images of Huitzilopochtli (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
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Sunday, February 19, 2012  |  News

A total of 23 pre-Columbian stone plaques dating back over 550 years were discovered by archaeologists in front of the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan in Mexico City, with carvings illustrating Aztec myths including the birth of the god of war Huitzilopochtli.

The sculpted images are carved on slabs of tezontle (a volcanic rock) and feature depictions of serpents, captives and warriors.  They also feature other figures relating to the mythological origins of Aztec civilization.

The stone carvings focus on the myths of Huitzilopochtli’s birth and the beginning of the Holy War. Raul Barrera from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) said they had been “placed facing what was the centre of Huitzilopochtli worship and can be dated back to the fourth stage of the Great Temple’s construction (1440-1469)”.

The Aztecs were a warlike and deeply religious people who built numerous monumental works including the famous Templo Mayor in what is now Mexico City. They ruled an empire encompassing much of modern-day central Mexico until they were overthrown by the Spanish in 1521.
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