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| Author | : Eduardo Matos Moctezuma |
| Publisher | : Thames & Hudson |
| Total Pages | : 192 |
| Release | : 1988 |
| Genre | : Aztec mythology |
| ISBN | : 9780500390245 |
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After Cortes' extraordinary conquest of the Aztecs in 1521, the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, was leveled and its Great Temple demolished. In 1978, clues that led to the rediscovery of the Great Temple and the most spectacular excavations ever conducted in Mexico. Matos discovered ritual deposits containing thousands of offerings from all over the Aztec empire; jaguar skeletons, jade masks, obsidian knives, stone sculptures, and effigy vessels. Matos links these to the overall symbolism of the temple and its fearsome deities, the war and rain gods. Fully illustrated and complete with extensive quotations from 16th-century chronicles.
| Author | : Johanna Broda |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 184 |
| Release | : 1989-04 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780520065970 |
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The remains of the great double pyramid of Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec empire, came to light during the spectacular excavation project undertaken by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia from 1978 to 1982. This volume offers three views of the Templo Mayor as the quintessential sacred space within the Aztec empire, presented in a collaborative effort by an archaeologist, an ethnohistorian, and a historian of religion.
| Author | : Johanna Broda |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 184 |
| Release | : 1988 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780520056022 |
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Examines the importance of the Aztec temple from the perspectives of archaeologist, ethnohistorian, and religious historian
| Author | : Eduardo Matos Moctezuma |
| Publisher | : Alti Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 188 |
| Release | : 1990 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : |
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Art and symbolism of the Aztec empire.
| Author | : Great Temple of Tenochtitlan |
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| Total Pages | : 0 |
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| Author | : Alfred Percival Maudslay |
| Publisher | : Good Press |
| Total Pages | : 53 |
| Release | : 2023-07-09 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
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"A note on the position and extent of the great temple enclosure of Tenochtitlan" by Alfred Percival Maudslay. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
| Author | : Eduardo M. Moctezuma |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 192 |
| Release | : 2000-11-01 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780788195297 |
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After Cortes' extraordinary conquest of the Aztecs in 1521, the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, was leveled and its Great Temple demolished. In 1978, clues that led to the rediscovery of the Great Temple and the most spectacular excavations ever conducted in Mexico. Matos discovered ritual deposits containing thousands of offerings from all over the Aztec empire; jaguar skeletons, jade masks, obsidian knives, stone sculptures, and effigy vessels. Matos links these to the overall symbolism of the temple and its fearsome deities, the war and rain gods. Fully illustrated and complete with extensive quotations from 16th-century chronicles.
| Author | : Rubén Bonifaz Nuño |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 202 |
| Release | : 1981 |
| Genre | : Aztec architecture |
| ISBN | : |
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| Author | : Eduardo Matos Moctezuma |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 1984 |
| Genre | : |
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| Author | : Eduardo Matos Moctezuma |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 154 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : |
Download Life and Death in the Templo Mayor Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The great temple known as the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan symbolizes the axis mundi, the Aztec center of the world, where the sky, the earth, and the underworld met. In this volume, Matos Moctezuma uses his unmatched familiarity with the archaeological details to present a concise and well-supported development of this theme.
