[Fwd: [Aztlan] Important find at the Templo Mayor]

[John F. Schwaller]

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Subject: [Aztlan] Important find at the Templo Mayor
From:    "michael ruggeri" <michaelruggeri at mac.com>
Date:    Mon, March 28, 2011 10:50 pm
To:      aztlan at lists.famsi.org
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Listeros,

INAH researchers have uncovered five stone figures at the Templo Mayor in
Downtown Mexico City. They were placed there between 1325-1521 CE. One of
the stone figures is a skull shaped stone that was covered in stucco and
painted. Another probably represents Coatlicue with jade symbols. There is
also a snake's head with red ocher pigment on it and a sun symbol stone.
Between 1486-1502, the sculptures were destroyed or "killed" before
throwing them into a large pit covered with stone, earth, slabs of
volcanic rock.

INAH has the report here (in Spanish) with a good slide show of the stone
objects.
http://www.inah.gob.mx/index.php/boletines/14-hallazgos/4948-descubren-esculturas-que-adornaron-fachada-del-templo-mayor

A tiny URL:
http://goo.gl/2ebjV

Mike Ruggeri

Mike Ruggeri's Aztec and Toltec World
http://tinyurl.com/yqypej

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John F. Schwaller
President,
SUNY Potsdam
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