Saturday, January 16, 2010

TENOCHTITLAN

THE AZTECS OR MEXICA WERE A WANDERING TRIBE FROM NW MEXICO WHO SETTLED IN THE VALLE DE MEXICO (MEXICO CITY).THEY VANQUISHED THE INDIGENOUS TRIBES AND BUILT THEIR CITY ON SWAMPLAND AND LAKES.AT THE CENTRE WAS A SERIES OF ALTERS FOR HUMAN SACRIFICE AND ALSO SELF BLOOD LETTING.THIS STUPENDOUS SACRIFICE KEPT THE SUN RISING. THE CENTRAL PYRAMID TYPICAL OF OTHER INCA AND PRE-INCA PYRAMIDS ARE LIKE RUSSIAN DOLLS.EACH NEW LEADER WOULD BUILD ANOTHER SRUCTURE OVER THE PREVOIUS ONE FILLING IT IN WITH EARTH AND RUBBLE.THIS ONE (STILL UNDERGOING EXCAVATION)IS 7 LAYERS.





THE FOUR PETALLED FLOWER AN IMPORTANT SYMBOL OF THE FOR POINT OF THE COMPASS.



THIS IS AN AUTO-SACRIFCE ALTAR.THE MURAL SHOWS A GRASS BALL THAT CONTAINS SPINES-MAGUEY POINTS,STINGRAY SPINES(SORRY STEVE IRWIN) FOR THE DEAD.USUALLY PENETRATION OF TONGUE ,GENITLAS OR VEINS OF THE LEG!!




HERNANDO CORTES DESTROYED MOST OF THE SURFACE AND USED THE STONE TO BUILD THE METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL OF MEXICO CITY SHOWN IN THE BACKGROUND.CHECK OUT THE SKULL ALTAR.





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