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Archaeologists Unearth 119 More Skulls At 14th-Century Aztec Temple In Mexico City
The cylindrical structure in question sits near the cathedral built over Templo Mayor, one of the main temples of the former ... for the Aztec residents of Tenochtitlan. It represented not only ...
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Seven Wonders—Get Clued In
Although it has been argued that other ancient wonders of comparable regard—such as the Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu in Peru, and the Aztec Temple in Tenochtitlan in Mexico—should have ...
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Tenochtitlan: how much was the population in the Mexican capital when Hernán Cortés arrived
Before Hernán Cortes' arrival in Tenochtitlan, the city was the capital of the Mexica empire, which was ruled by the tlatoani Moctezuma Xocoyotzin, or Moctezuma II. The city was splendid and had ...
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Mexico City: City of the Aztecs, City of the Spaniards
Built in the 16th century by the Spanish on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the old Aztec capital, Mexico City is now one of the world's largest and most densely populated cities. It has five Aztec temples ...
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Mexico-Tenochtitlan: what were the means of transport used by the Mexicas
The Mexican Archaeology magazine of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) emphasizes that the peoples of Mexico-Tenochtitlan stood out for “efficiently taking advantage of ...